Elizabeth Spann Craig Books in Order

Retired teacher Myrtle Clover finds hated developer Parke Stockard dead in church and sees a chance to prove herself. To her police chief son's horror, she launches her own investigation.

When a food scout who ate at Aunt Pat's dies, Lulu Taylor takes the threat to her family restaurant personally. Clearing the restaurant's name means solving a very public murder.

When beautician Tammy Smith is found murdered with hair shears in her back, Myrtle Clover starts asking sharp questions. Small-town gossip quickly turns into a dangerous case.

A nasty restaurant critic gets under everyone's skin in Memphis, then winds up dead. Lulu Taylor has to protect her friends and Aunt Pat's while sorting through a crowd of angry suspects.

Lulu Taylor's Memphis world of barbecue, family, and local feuds heats up again when murder hits close to Aunt Pat's. She starts asking hard questions before the trouble spreads.

Myrtle's troublesome new housekeeper fascinates her long before the woman turns up murdered. In Bradley, a saintly reputation hides plenty of darkness.

A dead man turns up in Myrtle's yard, killed with one of her beloved garden gnomes. With Miles reluctantly involved, she digs into a victim who was easy to dislike.

Newly retired Beatrice Coleman joins the Village Quilters just in time for their most unpopular landlord to be murdered. Her eye for detail makes her a natural sleuth in Dappled Hills.

Cosette Whitlow has annoyed half of Bradley, so few people are shocked when she is murdered at one of her own parties. Myrtle refuses to leave the case to chance.

Beatrice and the Village Quilters welcome prickly mail carrier Jo Paxton into their orbit, then her brakes are sabotaged. Now Beatrice must decide whether someone is targeting the guild itself.

A getaway beyond Dappled Hills should be a pleasant quilt trip for Beatrice Coleman, not a murder scene. Instead, a house full of secrets leaves her hunting answers far from home.

Lulu Taylor heads into the high-pressure world of Memphis barbecue competition, where rivalries are smoky and tempers run hot. When murder crashes the festivities, she serves up her own investigation.

When a troublemaking member is found dead at a book club meeting, Myrtle knows sweet smiles mean very little. She and Miles read between the lines to catch the killer.

A late-night warning from psychic Wanda sends Myrtle to Greener Pastures Retirement Home before a murder occurs. What she finds there is a tangle of secrets and a very real killer.

As the Village Quilters rush to finish quilts for a show, rivalries flare in Posy's shop. Then Beatrice finds local ladies' man Jason Gore dead, stabbed with missing shears.

Myrtle knows nothing about Bunco until she fills in for her daughter-in-law and stumbles into a murder. What starts as a game night becomes a tense hunt for a killer.

A small-town play loses its leading lady when an actress is murdered mid-run. Myrtle and Miles take center stage to solve the crime before there is an encore.

Wedding plans and community tensions make a tricky backdrop for Beatrice's next case. She has to sort through tangled loyalties before the killer tightens the knot.

Myrtle and Miles expect scenic stops and easy travel on an Alaskan cruise. When a fellow passenger disappears and death follows, the trip becomes a murder investigation at sea.

A missing neighbor is found murdered in the trunk of his car, and Myrtle and Miles hit the road to learn why. The search quickly turns into a race against time.

Certain she is a better cook than people think, Myrtle signs up for cooking school and drags Miles along. When an obnoxious classmate is poisoned, the lessons turn into a murder case.

A fresh crime threatens the calm Beatrice hoped to find in retirement. As local relationships start to splinter, she works out which crack in the picture matters most.

What begins as small-town trouble turns into something far worse when murder enters the frame. Beatrice Coleman pieces together clues from guild drama, friendship, and long memories.

Beatrice barely settles into Dappled Hills before another murder leaves her racing to understand the town around her. Her eye for detail becomes her best tool.

When miserly Amos Subers is found murdered, Myrtle's housekeeper Puddin becomes a prime suspect. Myrtle and Miles step in to clear her name before another messy death follows.

Everyone in Dappled Hills is tense after another killing touches the quilting circle. Beatrice follows the nervous whispers and pointed clues toward a very human motive.

Beatrice Coleman is pulled into another Dappled Hills death where old resentments sit just under the surface. To solve it, she has to patch together scraps of gossip and motive.

Ann Beckett agrees to a blind date in Whitby and gets stood up for the worst possible reason, her date has been murdered. Her first case proves the little library town is full of secrets.

When Myrtle agrees to proofread a friend's memoir, she expects bad sentences, not murder. After the writer is killed and the manuscript disappears, Myrtle and Miles chase both the book and the killer.

A family business sale stirs up resentment in Dappled Hills, then the seller is murdered before the deal can close. Beatrice Coleman has to untangle family loyalties and hidden motives.

Bradley is not shocked when chronic complainer Lillian Johnson dies, only when it turns out she was murdered. Myrtle investigates a victim who managed to collect enemies everywhere she went.

An overdue library book brings an old grievance back to the surface in Whitby. Ann Beckett soon finds that some stories do not stay shelved for long.

When a kindly neighbor is found murdered in his own attic, Myrtle and Miles step in to investigate. The more they learn about Darren Powell, the more unexpected dangers they uncover.

A historic manuscript and a locked-room puzzle pull librarian Ann Beckett into one of Whitby's trickiest cases. With time running short, she has to find the killer before the trail disappears.

Beatrice Coleman faces another small-town murder in a case full of embellishment, gossip, and half-truths. She has to strip the story down to its plain seams to catch the killer.

A quiet Whitby neighbor turns out to have been hiding a very loud secret. When murder follows, Ann Beckett starts digging through the silences everyone else would rather keep.

The holidays do not slow down trouble in Dappled Hills. Beatrice and the Village Quilters are soon wrapped up in a murder that refuses to come neatly untied.

Fed up with town council squabbling, Myrtle decides to run for office, then a fellow candidate is murdered. Campaign season in Bradley suddenly gets very personal.

When Myrtle spots Eloise Crane with a man who is not Miles, she expects gossip, not homicide. After Eloise's other suitor turns up dead, Myrtle has to clear Miles and unmask the killer.

A new case leaves Beatrice Coleman sorting through sharp tempers, sharper suspicions, and a close-knit quilting community. In Dappled Hills, one wrong stitch can unravel everything.

Beatrice finds that even a peaceful quilting circle can carry a heavy load of secrets. When murder hits Dappled Hills again, she has to read the room as carefully as any pattern.

While repairs fill Whitby Library, generous builder Cornelius turns up dead in an elevator shaft. Ann Beckett follows the money, the family tensions, and a very revealing will.

A boorish Bradley resident is poisoned by a pie laced with deadly nightshade, and suspicion falls on a botanist friend of Myrtle and Miles. Myrtle digs into the case before the killer can strike again.

Christmas in Bradley brings wreaths, wedding bells, and murder when Myrtle finds the bride's outspoken aunt dead. She and Miles race to solve the case before the holiday turns darker.

A sewing-themed mystery sends Beatrice Coleman back into Dappled Hills gossip and guild tensions. She has to follow a messy trail of grudges and half-hidden truths before someone else gets hurt.

Beatrice meets a stubborn new case where tempers flare and patience runs thin. She follows the rough edges of Dappled Hills life until the full pattern comes into view.

An early breakfast turns grim when Myrtle and Miles find newly arrived social powerhouse Palmer Baxter dead in Bradley's diner. With half the town disliking the victim, the suspect list is long.

A writers' retreat brings big personalities and sharp rivalries to Whitby, then turns deadly. Librarian Ann Beckett has to sort out fact, fiction, and motive to catch a killer.

What should have been a routine rare book appraisal becomes a very real mystery for Ann Beckett. In Whitby, even quiet bookish events can end with murder.

When a shy library regular becomes a bestselling novelist, Whitby plans a celebration. Then her book's real-life inspirations start causing trouble, and Ann Beckett has a murder to solve.

Dappled Hills looks friendly on the surface, but Beatrice knows there is always something tucked out of sight. A new murder sends her hunting through the town's hidden seams.

At Bradley's Festival of Flowers, Myrtle is more interested in her exhibit than trouble, until one of the judges ends up dead. She and Miles start digging through garden-club rivalries and small-town secrets.

A retiring mystery writer plans one last surprise, but someone else brings the real danger. Ann Beckett has to separate literary games from murder in Whitby.

Georgia's effort to clear out her crowded house becomes much worse when a yard sale customer is murdered on her property. Myrtle and Miles investigate to clear their friend's name.

Complicated loyalties and long memories make Beatrice's latest case especially knotty. As the Village Quilters trade rumors, she tries to see the design underneath the confusion.

Christmas cheer reaches Dappled Hills, until a murder cuts through the festivities. Beatrice Coleman has to protect the holiday mood while untangling one more deadly secret.

A free wine tasting at Serenity Springs Winery sounds perfect to Myrtle, until a guest is found dead by the fireplace. She and Miles have to uncork the truth before more trouble ferments.

Whitby's busiest library day turns chaotic when a respected local doctor becomes part of a deadly mystery. Ann Beckett follows the clues through town gossip and medical secrets.

Valentine's Day sends Myrtle and Miles to a flower shop, where they walk straight into a murder scene. To solve it, Myrtle has to sort through jealous relatives, business trouble, and buried resentments.

An old library card and a half-forgotten missing-person case pull Ann Beckett into Whitby's past. The deeper she digs, the more dangerous that old mystery becomes.

Sam plans on polite small-town socializing, not homicide, when a dinner party goes off the rails. Her tidy new life in Sunset Ridge gets messier than ever.

Organized Samantha Prescott thinks moving to Maple Hills will be a fresh start, until the HOA president dies at a neighborhood picnic. Her color-coded instincts make her an unexpectedly good sleuth.

Myrtle attends a strangely timed high school reunion and quickly realizes something is off. When a body turns up, old classmates and old secrets make a dangerous mix.

Whitby's annual silent auction is anything but quiet once it ends with a body. Ann Beckett has to work through polite smiles, hidden grudges, and a killer who counted on the noise staying low.

A wealthy newcomer stages a séance and ropes psychic Wanda into hosting it, then someone dies in the dark. Myrtle and Miles face rich suspects, doctored tea, and a very earthly killer.

Some stories sit quietly for years before falling into the wrong hands. When one resurfaces in Whitby, Ann Beckett finds another murder waiting between the shelves.

As a hurricane threatens Sunset Ridge, Sam Prescott tries to keep the community organized and calm. Then a pushy developer is found dead, and the storm is no longer the only danger.

Another bookish mystery lands in Ann Beckett's lap, this time with high stakes and a case that feels ready-made for Whitby. She has to get to the truth before someone writes the ending for her.

A book club gathering takes a dark turn when fiction suddenly gives way to a real crime. Ann Beckett has to unravel the case before the next chapter gets worse.

Joining the Twice-Told Tales book club seems like a smart way for Sam Prescott to make friends, until the discussions turn deadly. Soon she is managing social drama, suspects, and another murder.

A volunteer shift at Greener Pastures Retirement Home seems harmless until the event coordinator is murdered. Myrtle finds that the home's residents are anything but helpless.