Betty Hechtman Books in Order

Thirteen-year-old Blue Schwartz is blamed when an important necklace vanishes from Professor Albany's house. With help from her friend Yvonne, she digs into the theft before suspicion sticks and the grown-ups close ranks.

When a member of Molly Pink's crochet circle is suspected of murder, Molly and the Tarzana Hookers step in. Friendship, gossip, and handmade clues pull them into another cozy Tarzana case.

Molly Pink only meant to manage the bookstore's crochet group, not become the top suspect when leader Ellen Sheridan is killed. Learning to crochet is hard enough. Clearing her name before the real killer strikes is harder.

Molly heads a creative retreat on the Monterey Peninsula expecting crochet classes and scenery. When one of the teachers dies, the getaway turns into an investigation only Molly and the Tarzana Hookers can untangle.

A cryptic paper bag, a remorseful note, and a piece of filet crochet point Molly Pink toward trouble. Then a talented crocheter is poisoned, and Molly has to read the hidden pattern before the killer disappears.

The bookstore is opening a yarn department and planning a splashy launch party, but a neighbor's husband disappears before the big reveal. Molly suspects the supposed suicide story does not add up and starts pulling at loose threads.

A society wedding should mean cake and drama, not murder on the dance floor. With the bride's family and the paparazzi circling, Molly takes in a prime suspect and tries to sort truth from spectacle.

CeeCee Collins gets a talk-show appearance, and Molly's crochet crew tags along for the excitement. When a producer dies from poisoned sweetener and CeeCee's niece is implicated, backstage chaos becomes a murder case.

At the SoCal Knit Style Show, Molly and the Tarzana Hookers finally get crochet a place in the spotlight. Then the organizer is found dead, and one of Molly's friends is framed with a handmade hook.

Dessert chef Casey Feldstein inherits her aunt's yarn retreat business and agrees to host one last event on the Monterey Peninsula. When a guest is murdered, Casey starts looking into both the crime and her aunt's suspicious death.

Yarn University is supposed to help the Hookers teach their craft to new students. Instead, a rehearsal at CeeCee's mansion ends with a body in the garage apartment and Molly chasing a killer before class even begins.

Casey's new 'From Sheep to Shawl' retreat should be all spinning wheels and coastal charm. But when the fiber expert is found dead on the boardwalk, Casey has to pull the scattered clues together fast.

Casey's third retreat comes with mystery bags, hotel drama, and a visiting magician. When an organizer's wife is found dead and Casey's ex becomes the obvious suspect, she dives into another knotty case.

During Cadbury by the Sea's butterfly festival, Casey juggles baking, retreat guests, and town spirit. Then a former butterfly queen is stabbed, and Casey has to work through old grudges and festival secrets.

Strange new neighbors and a suspicious scene on a balcony pull Molly into trouble close to home. With no body and few answers, she has to prove she really saw something before a clever killer slips away.

Molly's new Yarn University classes are a hit, but nerves are fraying before opening day. When a dead body turns up at CeeCee's place, the Tarzana Hookers have to solve the crime before the whole venture unravels.

Casey's next retreat features arm knitting and finger crocheting, but not everyone is sold on the trend. When a travel writer from another group is found dead among feathers, the hotel's quiet weekend is over.

A new crochet TV show filming at Shedd & Royal should be great publicity for the store. But when a new friend vanishes and a murder linked to the production follows, Molly has to separate performance from truth.

Casey hosts a retreat for old college friends and quickly sees that time has not softened old rivalries. When one woman turns up dead, past crushes, grudges, and long-kept secrets make everyone a suspect.

While the Tarzana Hookers crochet baby blankets for charity, hidden ambitions start causing friction. Then a poisoned cocktail leaves a man dead, Molly's scarf at the scene, and her own name tangled in the investigation.

Vista Del Mar is crowded with knitters, tech entrepreneurs, and bird-watchers, which means plenty of personalities under one roof. When a tech guru dies on the rocky shore, Casey suspects murder hiding inside an accident.

A celebrity self-help guru takes over Vista Del Mar and pushes Casey's retreat to the margins. Then one staffer dies from poisonous mushrooms, another body follows, and Casey finds herself facing a very empowered killer.

Writer for hire Veronica Blackstone is asked to create a celebration-of-life book for Rachel Ross. As she interviews family and friends, the young woman's fatal fall starts to look less like tragedy and more like murder.

Miami Wilson is fixing up an inherited house when her helper dies beneath a mess of seafood shells. Molly suspects the death was no accident and digs into neighborhood grudges, allergies, and a very odd drone incident.

Veronica takes on a client who wants love letters written for a mystery woman and will not even give his real name. When he turns up dead, the letters become clues in a case built on lies, debts, and hidden motives.

Casey turns her next yarn retreat into a make-believe murder mystery weekend, complete with planted clues and hotel staff suspects. Then a real killing interrupts the game, and everyone at Vista Del Mar lands under suspicion.

Veronica is hired to shape Maeve Winslow's memoir, but the final pages are missing and the promised revelation never comes. After Maeve dies in a supposed fall, Veronica starts reading the notes like evidence.

Molly is juggling a granddaughter, her son's worries about a potential investor, and a big bookstore event for a gossip-heavy tell-all. When the author collapses dead mid-reveal, Molly becomes the police's favorite suspect.

Veronica is writing copy for a Hyde Park house and garden tour when a fading author turns up dead in his study. The scene looks like suicide, but small physical details tell her someone staged it.

A pounding storm traps Casey and her retreat guests at Vista Del Mar just as a man is found dead in his room. With the police cut off, Casey has to investigate before the killer strikes again.

Annie Hart expects an inheritance, not a murder puzzle, when she arrives in Franklin, Indiana, to claim a yarn shop. Once she learns the previous owner was murdered, the town's cozy charm starts to look suspicious.

With the bookstore closed for renovations, Molly and the Tarzana Hookers head to Pixie for a crochet weekend. What starts as Molly helping her ex catch a thief turns deadly when a groom-to-be is murdered.

Annie's yarn and tea shop is thriving, but a reality-show application shoot goes wrong when she and Gray find a body on the beach. With the victim linked to the shop's scones and rose tea, Annie has to clear her business fast.