Order of Betty Hechtman Books

Betty Hechtman is an American novelist of cozy mystery novels. She writes the Crochet Mysteries and the Yarn Retreat Mysteries series. Betty earned her degree in Fine Arts and has held a number of jobs, including volunteering on a farm, Sunday school teacher, waitress, retail sales, editing a newsletter, telephone operator, associate publicist and a freelance writer. She became interested in mysteries by reading Nancy Drew and Agatha Christie. Betty lives in Los Angeles, California.

Betty Hechtman became a published author with her debut novel, Blue Schwartz and Nefertiti’s Necklace, published in 2006. The novel was reissued in eBook format as Stolen Treasure. Below is a list of Betty Hechtman’s books in order of when they were originally published:

Publication Order of Crochet Mysteries Books

Hooked on Murder	(2008)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
Dead Men Don’t Crochet	(2008)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
By Hook or by Crook	(2009)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
A Stitch in Crime	(2009)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
You Better Knot Die	(2010)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
Behind the Seams	(2011)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
If Hooks Could Kill	(2012)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
For Better or Worsted	(2013)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
Knot Guilty	(2014)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
Seams Like Murder	(2016)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
Hooking for Trouble	(2016)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
On the Hook	(2018)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
Hooks Can Be Deceiving	(2018)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
One for the Hooks	(2021)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
Killer Hooks	(2023)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de

Publication Order of A Crochet and Crumpets Mystery Books

Death Among the Stitches

(2025)

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Publication Order of Writer For Hire Mysteries Books

Murder Ink	(2021)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
Writing a Wrong	(2021)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
Making It Write	(2022)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
Sentenced to Death	(2023)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de

Publication Order of Yarn Retreat Mysteries Books

Yarn to Go	(2013)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
Silence of the Lamb’s Wool	(2014)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
Wound Up in Murder	(2015)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
Gone with the Wool	(2016)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
A Tangled Yarn	(2017)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
Inherit the Wool	(2018)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
Knot on Your Life	(2019)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
But Knot for Me	(2021)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
Knot a Game	(2022)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
Knot Dead Again	(2024)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de

Publication Order of Blue Schwartz Books

Blue Schwartz and Nefertiti’s Necklace: A Mystery with Recipes

(2006)

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Note: Blue Schwartz and Nefertiti’s Necklace was written as Betty Jacobson Hechtman. The novel is available in eBook format as Stolen Treasure.