Betty Hechtman

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  • Bibliography:
    30 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    May 2008
  • Latest Book:
    January 2025
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Full Series List in Order

A Crochet Mystery

1 - Hooked on Murder (May-2008)
2 - Dead Men Don't Crochet (Dec-2008)
3 - By Hook or by Crook (Jun-2009)
4 - A Stitch in Crime (Feb-2010)
5 - You Better Knot Die (Nov-2010)
6 - Behind the Seams (Nov-2011)
7 - If Hooks Could Kill (Nov-2012)
8 - For Better or Worsted (Nov-2013)
9 - Knot Guilty (Nov-2014)
10 - Seams Like Murder (May-2016)
11 - Hooking for Trouble (Nov-2016)
12 - On the Hook (May-2018)
13 - Hooks Can Be Deceiving (Dec-2018)
14 - One for the Hooks (Aug-2021)
15 - Killer Hooks (Oct-2023)
16 - Death Among the Stitches (Jan-2025)

A Writer for Hire Mystery

1 - Murder Ink (Feb-2021)
2 - Writing a Wrong (Jul-2021)
3 - Making It Write (Aug-2022)
4 - Sentenced to Death (Feb-2023)

A Yarn Retreat Mystery

1 - Yarn to Go (Jul-2013)
2 - Silence of the Lamb's Wool (Jul-2014)
3 - Wound Up In Murder (Jul-2015)
4 - Gone with the Wool (Jul-2016)
5 - A Tangled Yarn (Aug-2017)
6 - Inherit the Wool (Oct-2018)
7 - Knot on Your Life (Oct-2019)
8 - But Knot for Me (Nov-2021)
9 - Knot a Game (Dec-2022)
10 - Knot Dead Again (May-2024)

Book List in Order: 30 titles

  • Hooked on Murder

    A Crochet Mystery - 1

    Molly Pink is about to discover the joys of crochet. It's a relaxing escape from her hectic life as a bookstore event coordinator...and from the stress of being the latest murder suspect in Tarzana, California. For Molly, the weekly crochet group ...

  • Dead Men Don't Crochet

    A Crochet Mystery - 2

    Molly Pink has become a yarnaholic. She shares her obsession with her crochet group in Tarzana, California. However, the real problem on their hands these days is a murder with a unique weave that casts suspicion on one of their own... The Tarzana...

  • By Hook or by Crook

    A Crochet Mystery - 3

    Yarnaholic Molly Pink has become known in Tarzana, California, for her sleuthing skills, thanks to the help of her crochet group. But the latest mystery may be too much for these stitchers to unravel... There's nothing the Tarzana Hookers love more ...

  • A Stitch in Crime

    A Crochet Mystery - 4

    Molly Pink and her crochet group friends are packing up for a creative weekend away. But with danger following them, trying to solve the latest mystery might just prove trickier than a back post double crochet stitch... Summer's wrapping up -- and i...

  • You Better Knot Die

    A Crochet Mystery - 5

    Molly Pink and her crochet group, the Tarzana Hookers, are working overtime for the holidays. But as usual, Molly can't resist a little moonlighting. 'Tis the season for sleuthing, after all... Molly Pink has so much going on this holiday season, it...

  • Behind the Seams

    A Crochet Mystery - 6

    Molly Pink and her crochet group, the Tarzana Hookers, are thrilled when one of their own gets a shot at the spotlight -- but Molly soon learns that life in the entertainment biz can be deadly... The crochet group's informal leader, actress CeeCee...

  • If Hooks Could Kill

    A Crochet Mystery - 7

    When a television crew comes to Tarzana, Molly Pink and the rest of her crochet group, the Tarzana Hookers, deal with the inconvenience as best they can. But when one of their own goes down, Molly has to figure out who would want to turn a Tarzana re...

  • Yarn to Go

    A Yarn Retreat Mystery - 1

    Dessert chef Casey Feldstein doesn’t know a knitting needle from a crochet hook. But after her aunt dies unexpectedly, leaving Casey to run her yarn retreat business, the sweets baker finds herself rising to the occasion -- and trying to unravel a ...

  • For Better or Worsted

    A Crochet Mystery - 8

    Molly Pink and her crochet group, the Tarzana Hookers, are always game for a new adventure. But when their newest member is accused of turning her wedding into happily-never-after for the groom, Molly's chance to find the truth is hanging by a thread...



  • Silence of the Lamb's Wool

    A Yarn Retreat Mystery - 2

    Dessert chef Casey Feldstein has learned one end of a knitting needle from the other after inheriting her aunt’s yarn retreat business, but a murder threatens to unravel her latest event . . . Casey’s running a new retreat called "From Sheep t...

  • Knot Guilty

    A Crochet Mystery - 9

    Molly Pink and her pals, the Tarzana Hookers, are ready to bring the craft of crochet to the masses. But when one of their members finds herself the prime suspect in a murder, the Hookers are going to have to switch their focus to fighting her bad ra...

  • Wound Up In Murder

    A Yarn Retreat Mystery - 3

    In the newest Yarn Retreat Mystery from the national bestselling author of Silence of the Lamb’s Wool, dessert chef Casey Feldstein continues to develop her hidden talents for knitting…and solving murders. With two yarn retreats in the bag, Ca...

  • Seams Like Murder

    A Crochet Mystery - 10

    The national bestselling author of Knot Guilty is back, as Molly Pink and the Tarzana Hookers get a dangerous lesson on crafty criminals... Knitting and crocheting books are selling like crazy at the bookstore where Molly works, so to keep the cu...

  • Gone with the Wool

    A Yarn Retreat Mystery - 4

    The national bestselling author of Wound Up in Murder spins a deadly yarn of knitting bees, butterflies, and beauty queens. Every October, thousands of monarch butterflies flock to California’s Monterey Peninsula to spend the winter there. To w...

  • Hooking for Trouble

    A Crochet Mystery - 11

    Molly Pink can’t help seeing a pattern of trouble in the latest mystery from the national bestselling author of Seams Like Murder. The Tarzana Hookers’ Yarn University has been a big success, and the classes have drawn in a slew of new croche...

  • A Tangled Yarn

    A Yarn Retreat Mystery - 5

    Betty Hechtman knits up murder and mayhem in the latest in the national bestselling Yarn Retreat Mystery series. Casey Feldstein has her hands full with preparations at the Vista Del Mar hotel on the scenic Monterey Peninsula as another yarn retre...

  • On the Hook

    A Crochet Mystery - 12

    By hook or crook, Molly will clear her name in On the Hook, national bestseller Betty Hechtman’s irresistible twelfth Crochet Mystery.The Tarzana Hookers crochet club could come apart at the seams when thwarted ambition, shady ethics, and a puzzlin...

  • Inherit the Wool

    A Yarn Retreat Mystery - 6

    In a new Yarn Retreat Mystery from national bestselling author Betty Hechtman, Casey Feldstein is determined to tie up loose ends to solve another murder . . .

    “If you haven’t read this series yet, I highly recommend giving it a go. The ...

  • Hooks Can Be Deceiving

    A Crochet Mystery - 13

    Things are getting knotty in this delightful 13th installment in the Crochet cozy mystery series -- featuring crochet patterns and delicious recipes! The Tarzana Hookers crochet club is ready for its close-up . . . But Molly Pink may be getting too c...



  • Knot on Your Life

    A Yarn Retreat Mystery - 7

    In a new Yarn Retreat Mystery from national bestselling author Betty Hechtman, Casey Feldstein will have to unravel an assortment of tangled clues to solve a knotty murder mystery . . .

    “A cozy mystery that you won’t want to put down. It...

  • Murder Ink

    A Writer for Hire Mystery - 1

    Writer for Hire Veronica Blackstone is asked to write a celebration of life book for a former client's funeral, but was the death as straightforward as was reported? Veronica Blackstone is a writer for hire. Be it love letters, biographies, resumes ...

  • Writing a Wrong

    A Writer for Hire Mystery - 2

    Writer for Hire Veronica Blackstone’s latest client is found dead and police suspect a burglary gone wrong, but Veronica isn’t convinced in this intriguingly plotted mystery. As a writer for hire, Veronica Blackstone puts her keyboard to use ...

  • One for the Hooks

    A Crochet Mystery - 14

    Molly Pink and the Tarzana Hookers must unwind a fiendish skein in national bestselling author Betty Hechtman's fourteenth Crochet mystery.These are the dog days of August, but you won't catch the Tarzana Hookers crochet club napping. While Molly Pin...

  • But Knot for Me

    A Yarn Retreat Mystery - 8

    The California seaside is the backdrop to this captivating cozy that will have readers heading for the yarn store in droves. —Debbie's Book Bag on Yarn to Go In a new Yarn Retreat Mystery from national bestselling author Betty Hechtman, Casey ...

  • Making It Write

    A Writer for Hire Mystery - 3

    Writer for Hire Veronica Blackstone's latest client is writing a memoir with a shocking twist ending, until she's found dead before finishing it. Can Veronica unravel the clues within the memoir to discover the killer?As a writer for hire, Veronica B...

  • Knot a Game

    A Yarn Retreat Mystery - 9

    In a new Yarn Retreat Mystery from national bestselling author Betty Hechtman, it's knit one, kill two when Casey Feldstein hosts a murder mystery weekend that turns into the real thing . . .At the urging of Vista Del Mar's owner, Casey Feldstein tak...

  • Sentenced to Death

    A Writer for Hire Mystery - 4

    Who knew being a writer for hire could be so dramatic? Join Veronica in her fourth adventure as writer-turned sleuth!When writer for hire Veronica Blackstone is asked to write the copy for The Friends of Hyde Park's annual house and garden tour, she ...

  • Killer Hooks

    A Crochet Mystery - 15

    Molly Pink and the Tarzana Hookers have to read between the lines when a bookstore event turns fatal in the new Crochet Mystery by national bestselling author Betty Hechtman.There's never a dull moment for amateur sleuth Molly Pink. Without warning, ...

  • Knot Dead Again

    A Yarn Retreat Mystery - 10

    Foul weather turns to foul play when Casey Feldstein and her yarn retreat guests are trapped by a storm with a killer in their midst . . . When the perennially cloudy skies of Cadbury unleash a torrential downpour, yarn retreat host Casey Feldstein w...



  • Death Among the Stitches

    A Crochet Mystery - 16

    Meet Annie Hart: newly inherited yarn and tea shop owner and reluctant amateur sleuth.Annie Hart, daughter of Bryan Hart â€" talent agent to the stars â€" spends her life getting roped into whatever new task her father needs her t...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Betty Hechtman has published 30 books.

The next book by Betty Hechtman, Death Among the Stitches, will be published in January 2025.

The first book by Betty Hechtman, Hooked on Murder, was published in May 2008.

Yes. Betty Hechtman has 3 series.
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