Elizabeth Spann Craig Books in Order: All 72 books (2009

How many Elizabeth Spann Craig books are there?

Elizabeth Spann Craig has 72 books, released between 2009 and 2026. They include 5 separate series.

Elizabeth Spann Craig Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 72 Elizabeth Spann Craig 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.

Cover of Pretty is as Pretty Dies by Elizabeth Spann Craig, book 1 of the Myrtle Clover Mysteries series (2009)

Cover of Delicious and Suspicious by Elizabeth Spann Craig, book 1 of the Memphis BBQ Mysteries series (2010)

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Elizabeth Spann Craig characters in order

Each character linked below has its own reading-order page.

Myrtle Clover books in order 29 books
Southern Quilting Mysteries books in order 20 books

Elizabeth Spann Craig 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.

Myrtle Clover Mysteries in order

29 books

1. Pretty is as Pretty Dies
2. Progressive Dinner Deadly
3. A Dyeing Shame
4. A Body in the Backyard
5. Death at a Drop-In
6. A Body at Book Club
7. Death Pays a Visit
8. A Body at Bunco
9. Murder on Opening Night
10. Cruising for Murder
11. Cooking is Murder
12. A Body in the Trunk
and 17 more in the table above

Southern Quilting Mystery in order

20 books

1. Quilt or Innocence
2. Knot What It Seams
3. Quilt Trip
4. Shear Trouble
5. Tying the Knot
6. Fall to Pieces
7. Patch of Trouble
8. Pressed for Time
9. Rest in Pieces
10. On Pins and Needles
11. Fit To Be Tied
12. Embroidering the Truth
and 8 more in the table above

Village Library Mysteries in order

15 books

1. Checked Out
2. Overdue
3. Borrowed Time
4. Hush-Hush
5. Where There's a Will
6. Frictional Characters
7. Spine-Tingling
8. A Novel Idea
9. End of Story
10. Booked Up
11. Out of Circulation
12. Shelf Life
and 3 more in the table above

Memphis BBQ Mysteries in order

4 books

1. Delicious and Suspicious
2. Finger Lickin' Dead
3. Hickory Smoked Homicide
4. Rubbed Out

Sunset Ridge Mystery in order

4 books

1. The Type-A Guide to Solving Murder
2. The Type-A Guide to Dinner Parties
3. The Type-A Guide to Natural Disasters
4. The Type-A Guide to Book Clubs

Do you have to read Elizabeth Spann Craig books in order?

You only need to read Elizabeth Spann Craig 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 Elizabeth Spann Craig

Start with the first book of the Elizabeth Spann Craig series you want to read: Myrtle Clover starts with Pretty is as Pretty Dies (2009) and Southern Quilting Mysteries starts with Quilt or Innocence (2012). The earliest catalogued title overall is Pretty is as Pretty Dies (2009).

What is the newest Elizabeth Spann Craig book?

A Dish Best Served Dead (2026) is the newest Elizabeth Spann Craig book released so far.

Is there a new Elizabeth Spann Craig book coming?

No next Elizabeth Spann Craig book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Elizabeth Spann Craig at a glance

Still publishing: Elizabeth Spann Craig published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace: Elizabeth Spann Craig books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length: 4,113 pages across the 17 of 72 books with a recorded length, a median of 234 pages each.
Busiest decade: Most Elizabeth Spann Craig books, 40 of 72, were published in the 2020s.

What the Elizabeth Spann Craig books are about

14 of the 72 Elizabeth Spann Craig books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: murder is tagged on 8 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Murder 8 of 14 books
Investigation 7 of 14 books
Mystery & detective 7 of 14 books
Older women 5 of 14 books
North Carolina 4 of 14 books
Quilting 4 of 14 books
Barbecuing 2 of 14 books
Mystery & detective, women sleuths 2 of 14 books
Restaurateurs 2 of 14 books