Betty Hechtman Books in Order
Betty Hechtman has written 34 books, published between 2006 and 2026. The first book is Blue Schwartz and Nefertiti's Necklace: A Mystery with Recipes (2006) and the newest is Danger Looms (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 34
- Published
- 2006–2026
- Confirmed
- 34 of 34 titles
- Pages on record
- 5,604 in 20 of 34 books
- Reading time
- 93–140 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,604 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 20 of 34 titles with a page count on record.
Crochet and knitting run through Betty Hechtman's cozy mysteries. The Crochet Mysteries feature Molly Pink and are set in California; the Yarn Retreat, Crochet and Crumpets, Writer For Hire and Blue Schwartz series sit beside them. Hechtman's catalogue holds 34 books, opening with Blue Schwartz and Nefertiti's Necklace: A Mystery with Recipes (2006) and reaching Danger Looms in 2026.
How many Betty Hechtman books are there?
Betty Hechtman has 34 books, released between 2006 and 2026. They include 5 separate series.
Betty Hechtman Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 34 Betty Hechtman books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Blue Schwartz and Nefertiti's Necklace: A Mystery with RecipesBlue Schwartz #12006 · 151 pages · confirmed 3/420061513/4
- 220082733/4
- 320082783/4
- 42009–3/4
- 520092943/4
- 620102963/4
- 720112923/4
- 82012–3/4
- 920133043/4
- 1020132953/4
- 1120142933/4
- 1220142943/4
- 1320153043/4
- 1420162903/4
- 1520163043/4
- 1620163043/4
- 1720173043/4
- 182018–3/4
- 1920183263/4
- 2020183203/4
- 212019–3/4
- 222021–3/4
- 2320212243/4
- 242021–3/4
- 252021–3/4
- 2620222243/4
- 2720222343/4
- 282023–3/4
- 292023–3/4
- 302024–3/4
- 312025–3/4
- 322025–3/4
- 332026–3/4
- 342026–3/4
Betty Hechtman books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Crochet Mysteries in order
16 books- 1. Hooked on Murder
- 2. Dead Men Don't Crochet
- 3. By Hook or by Crook
- 4. A Stitch in Crime
- 5. You Better Knot Die
- 6. Behind the Seams
- 7. If Hooks Could Kill
- 8. For Better or Worsted
- 9. Knot Guilty
- 10. Seams Like Murder
- 11. Hooking for Trouble
- 12. On the Hook
- and 4 more in the table above
Yarn Retreat Mysteries in order
11 booksWriter For Hire Mysteries in order
4 booksCrochet and Crumpets Mystery in order
2 booksBlue Schwartz in order
1 bookDo you have to read Betty Hechtman books in order?
You only need to read Betty Hechtman books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Betty Hechtman
Start with Blue Schwartz and Nefertiti's Necklace: A Mystery with Recipes (2006), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Betty Hechtman book?
Danger Looms (2026) is the newest Betty Hechtman book released so far.
Is there a new Betty Hechtman book coming?
No next Betty Hechtman book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Betty Hechtman at a glance
- Still publishing
- Betty Hechtman published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Betty Hechtman books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,604 pages across the 20 of 34 books with a recorded length, a median of 294 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Betty Hechtman books, 16 of 34, were published in the 2010s.
What the Betty Hechtman books are about
21 of the 34 Betty Hechtman books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 14 of 21. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 14 of 21 books
- Investigation 13 of 21 books
- Murder 13 of 21 books
- Crocheting 10 of 21 books
- Crime 4 of 21 books
- Knitting 4 of 21 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 4 of 21 books
- Societies and clubs 4 of 21 books
- Women 4 of 21 books
- California 3 of 21 books
- Molly Pink (Fictitious character) 2 of 21 books