Cricket McRae Books in Order

Soapmaker Sophie Mae Reynolds finds neighborhood handyman Walter Hanover dead in her workroom, killed by the lye she uses every day. The police call it suicide, but the case feels wrong, and her digging turns up buried secrets and fresh danger.

Sophie Mae volunteers at a crisis helpline and expects quiet good works, not murder. When the center's director dies from suspected botulism and Barr falls ill too, she investigates a killer hiding behind jars, charity, and a stalking threat.

Sophie Mae's new obsession is spinning yarn, until a fellow co-op member is strangled with her first skein. To clear herself and untangle a messy web of motives, she has to look past gossip, flirtation, and small-town grudges.

A long-lost letter about her brother's death sends Sophie Mae back to Colorado and into Tabby's cheese-making circle. When Tabby's husband is murdered, old guilt and present danger collide, and Sophie Mae has to uncover what really happened years ago.

A dead therapist's tape hints that one of her clients may have planned a murder, and Sophie Mae cannot let it go. Her search leads into a local meadery, homemade wine, and a case where nearly everyone seems to be fermenting secrets.

While helping at a community farm, Sophie Mae and her friends discover a body buried in the compost. Identifying the victim pulls her into old connections, farm politics, and a past that still has the power to kill.