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A Knit & Nibble Mystery Books in Order

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See the A Knit & Nibble Mystery books by Peggy Ehrhart in order, with quick summaries, series background, and tips on where to start in Arborville.

Last updated: July 1, 2026

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A Knit & Nibble Mystery books in publication order

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15 books

1

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.

2

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.

3

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.

4

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.

5

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.

6

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.

7

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.

8

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.

9

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.

10

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.

11

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.

12

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.

13

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.

14

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.

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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

  1. Book cover for "Murder, She Knit"

    Murder, She Knit

    by Peggy Ehrhart

    2018A Knit & Nibble Mystery, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Died in the Wool"

    Died in the Wool

    by Peggy Ehrhart

    2018A Knit & Nibble Mystery, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Knit One, Die Two"

    Knit One, Die Two

    by Peggy Ehrhart

    2019A Knit & Nibble Mystery, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Silent Knit, Deadly Knit"

    Silent Knit, Deadly Knit

    by Peggy Ehrhart

    2019A Knit & Nibble Mystery, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "A Fatal Yarn"

    A Fatal Yarn

    by Peggy Ehrhart

    2020A Knit & Nibble Mystery, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "Knit of the Living Dead"

    Knit of the Living Dead

    by Peggy Ehrhart

    2020A Knit & Nibble Mystery, Book 6
  7. Book cover for "Knitty Gritty Murder"

    Knitty Gritty Murder

    by Peggy Ehrhart

    2021A Knit & Nibble Mystery, Book 7
  8. Book cover for "Death of a Knit Wit"

    Death of a Knit Wit

    by Peggy Ehrhart

    2022A Knit & Nibble Mystery, Book 8
  9. Book cover for "Death of a Christmas Card Crafter"

    Death of a Christmas Card Crafter

    by Peggy Ehrhart

    2022A Knit & Nibble Mystery, Book 9
  10. Book cover for "Irish Knit Murder"

    Irish Knit Murder

    by Peggy Ehrhart

    2023A Knit & Nibble Mystery, Book 10
  11. Book cover for "Knitmare on Beech Street"

    Knitmare on Beech Street

    by Peggy Ehrhart

    2023A Knit & Nibble Mystery, Book 11
  12. Book cover for "Murder Most Irish"

    Murder Most Irish

    by Peggy Ehrhart

    2023A Knit & Nibble Mystery, Book 12
  13. Book cover for "A Dark and Stormy Knit"

    A Dark and Stormy Knit

    by Peggy Ehrhart

    2024A Knit & Nibble Mystery, Book 13
  14. Book cover for "Last Wool and Testament"

    Last Wool and Testament

    by Peggy Ehrhart

    2025A Knit & Nibble Mystery, Book 14
  15. Book cover for "Easter Egg Murder"

    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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