A Knit & Nibble Mystery Books in Order
Part ofPeggy Ehrhart Books in OrderSee the A Knit & Nibble Mystery books by Peggy Ehrhart in order, with quick summaries, series background, and tips on where to start in Arborville.
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A Knit & Nibble Mystery books in publication order
15 books
Died in the Wool
by Peggy Ehrhart
2018
After a town festival, Pamela discovers the body of an unpopular history teacher hidden beneath the Knit and Nibble table. With a stuffed aardvark as the strangest clue and suspicion falling nearby, Pamela and her fellow knitters start unraveling the case.
Murder, She Knit
by Peggy Ehrhart
2018
Widowed craft magazine editor Pamela Paterson hosts her knitting club in Arborville, New Jersey, only to find a friend dead outside with a knitting needle in her sweater. When another killing follows, Pamela must read the clues hidden in yarn and gossip.
Knit One, Die Two
by Peggy Ehrhart
2019
New club member Caralee Lorimer is learning to knit for a local production of A Tale of Two Cities when backstage feuds turn deadly. After Caralee dies in a suspicious theater accident, Pamela and the Knit and Nibblers dig into Arborville's snippy drama scene.
Silent Knit, Deadly Knit
by Peggy Ehrhart
2019
Pamela's holiday season sours when her daughter discovers the body of wealthy craft shop owner Millicent Farthingale. A hand-knit red scarf is the main clue, and Pamela must sort through greedy relatives, business tensions, and Christmas chaos to find the killer.
A Fatal Yarn
by Peggy Ehrhart
2020
When someone starts wrapping Arborville's marked trees in yarn, Pamela assumes it is a protest, not a prelude to murder. After the mayor is killed and gentle knitter Roland is arrested, she sets out to clear his name and find the real culprit.
Knit of the Living Dead
by Peggy Ehrhart
2020
At Arborville's Halloween parade, a woman dressed as Little Bo Peep is found strangled with loops of yarn. Pamela and Bettina chase leads through costumes, small-town grudges, and spooky festivities before the killer can strike again.
Knitty Gritty Murder
by Peggy Ehrhart
2021
A community garden turns grim when cookbook hopeful Jenny Miller is found strangled in her own plot with a circular needle. Pamela and Bettina dig through rivalries, recipes, and springtime gossip to learn who wanted Jenny's future buried.
Death of a Christmas Card Crafter
by Peggy Ehrhart
2022
At Arborville's holiday craft fair, beloved art teacher and Christmas card designer Karma Karling is found dead on opening day. Pamela and her knitting friends swap festive preparations for sleuthing as they look for the person who turned a cheerful tradition lethal.
Death of a Knit Wit
by Peggy Ehrhart
2022
Pamela helps run a fiber arts conference at Wendelstaff College when a pompous, philandering professor collapses after coffee and cookies. Since everyone shared the refreshments, she and the Knit and Nibble crew must work out how the poison was delivered.
Irish Knit Murder
by Peggy Ehrhart
2023
St. Patrick's Day in Arborville turns deadly when lively heiress Isobel Lister is found murdered just after performing Irish songs at the senior center. Pamela faces jealous suitors, family secrets, and holiday tension as she tracks the killer.
Knitmare on Beech Street
by Peggy Ehrhart
2023
Pamela and Bettina join neighbors in welcoming the new owner of the old Voorhees House and instead find a corpse on the kitchen floor. Rumors of hauntings, strange lights, and long-buried secrets complicate the search for a very human killer.
Murder Most Irish
by Peggy Ehrhart
2023
In the title novella of this St Patrick's Day collection, Tara Meehan and fiancé Danny O'Donnell take friends to the Aran Islands for a joint hen and stag party. Boozy milkshakes on the ferry turn deadly when one reveler collapses, trapping Tara with a killer in a storm.
A Dark and Stormy Knit
by Peggy Ehrhart
2024
On Halloween night, screams from teenage trick-or-treaters lead Pamela and Bettina to a real corpse on a decorated porch. The victim's academic life, feminist circle, and neighborhood gossip leave the friends picking through masks, misdirection, and old resentments.
Last Wool and Testament
by Peggy Ehrhart
2025
Spring in Arborville brings trouble when fiber artist Ingrid Barrick is found dead in her ransacked home. Pamela and Bettina follow sketches of bees and butterflies, a canceled tapestry exhibit, and tensions with neighbors to uncover what really led to Ingrid's death.
Easter Egg Murder
by Peggy Ehrhart
2026
In this collection, Lucy Stone visits Provence, Hayley Powell faces a reporter’s death mid‑meal at her restaurant, and knitters Pamela and Bettina find a body after a town egg hunt. Each pastel egg hides motives as sharp as any murder weapon.
A Knit & Nibble Mystery books in chronological order

Murder, She Knit
by Peggy Ehrhart
2018A Knit & Nibble Mystery, Book 1
Died in the Wool
by Peggy Ehrhart
2018A Knit & Nibble Mystery, Book 2
Knit One, Die Two
by Peggy Ehrhart
2019A Knit & Nibble Mystery, Book 3
Silent Knit, Deadly Knit
by Peggy Ehrhart
2019A Knit & Nibble Mystery, Book 4
A Fatal Yarn
by Peggy Ehrhart
2020A Knit & Nibble Mystery, Book 5
Knit of the Living Dead
by Peggy Ehrhart
2020A Knit & Nibble Mystery, Book 6
Knitty Gritty Murder
by Peggy Ehrhart
2021A Knit & Nibble Mystery, Book 7
Death of a Knit Wit
by Peggy Ehrhart
2022A Knit & Nibble Mystery, Book 8
Death of a Christmas Card Crafter
by Peggy Ehrhart
2022A Knit & Nibble Mystery, Book 9
Irish Knit Murder
by Peggy Ehrhart
2023A Knit & Nibble Mystery, Book 10
Knitmare on Beech Street
by Peggy Ehrhart
2023A Knit & Nibble Mystery, Book 11
Murder Most Irish
by Peggy Ehrhart
2023A Knit & Nibble Mystery, Book 12
A Dark and Stormy Knit
by Peggy Ehrhart
2024A Knit & Nibble Mystery, Book 13
Last Wool and Testament
by Peggy Ehrhart
2025A Knit & Nibble Mystery, Book 14
Easter Egg Murder
by Peggy Ehrhart
2026A Knit & Nibble Mystery, Book 15
Series background & context
The Knit and Nibble books are cozy mysteries built around a simple pleasure, a group of friends gathering to knit, eat something good, and gossip a little. At the center is Pamela Paterson, a widow, empty nester, and craft magazine editor who lives in the fictional New Jersey town of Arborville. She founded the local knitting club, which takes its nickname from exactly what the members do when they meet.
Pamela is the kind of sleuth cozy readers tend to like. She is not flashy or reckless. She notices things, listens carefully, and understands how people in town connect to one another. Her closest partner in detection is usually Bettina Fraser, a sharp friend who is just as willing to ask awkward questions when a murder lands too close to home.
The setting matters a lot here.
Arborville is not a postcard fantasy cut off from real irritation. It is a lived in small town with school politics, amateur theater, craft fairs, garden plots, historic houses, holiday parades, and neighbors who remember everything. The crimes usually grow out of ordinary local life, a knitting gathering, a town festival, a college conference, a Halloween parade, a St. Patrick's Day celebration. That gives the books a warm everyday texture even when the body count rises.
Knitting is more than a gimmick. It shapes the club, the friendships, and sometimes the clues themselves. Pamela and the other Knit and Nibblers are makers, and that practical, observant habit of mind carries into the investigations. Each book also folds in food, recipes, and a craft project, which helps make the series feel domestic in the best sense, busy kitchens, shared tables, and work done by hand.
Across the series, readers spend more time with the wider circle around Pamela, including her daughter Penny, other club members, and the people drifting through Arborville's social life. There is also an ongoing thread about Pamela learning how to imagine a fuller life after widowhood, so the books reward reading in order even though each mystery can stand alone. Later entries also widen the rhythm of the series with seasonal novellas tied to Christmas, St. Patrick's Day, and Easter.
If you like cozies that are friendly rather than frantic, this is a good fit. Start with Murder, She Knit and continue in order if you can. The holiday novellas and later books deepen the sense of community, but the heart of the series never changes, yarn, food, friendship, and a murder that Pamela refuses to leave alone.
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