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Molly MacRae Books in Order

Molly MacRae has written 17 books, published between 2007 and 2026. The first book is Wilder Rumors (2007) and the newest is All Shell Breaks Loose (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
17
Published
2007–2026
Pages on record
3,287 in 10 of 17 books
Reading time
55–82 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,287 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 17 titles with a page count on record.

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Craft shops and bookshops supply the settings for Molly MacRae's mysteries. MacRae's 17 catalogued books run from Wilder Rumors (2007) to All Shell Breaks Loose (2026) across four series: Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery, Highland Bookshop Mystery, A Haunted Shell Shop Mystery and Margaret & Bitsy. Knitters, booksellers and women sleuths investigate murders, with Tennessee among the settings. MacRae continues to publish.

How many Molly MacRae books are there?

Molly MacRae has 17 books, released between 2007 and 2026. They include 4 series and 2 titles listed outside any series.

Molly MacRae Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 17 Molly MacRae 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.

  1. Cover of Lawn Order by Molly MacRae, book 1 of the Margaret & Bitsy series (2010)
  2. Cover of Last Wool and Testament by Molly MacRae, book 1 of the Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery series (2012)
  3. Cover of Dyeing Wishes by Molly MacRae, book 2 of the Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery series (2013)
  4. Cover of My Troubles by Molly MacRae (2014)
  5. Cover of Spinning in Her Grave by Molly MacRae, book 3 of the Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery series (2014)
  6. Cover of Plagued by Quilt by Molly MacRae, book 4 of the Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery series (2014)
  7. Cover of Knot the Usual Suspects by Molly MacRae, book 5 of the Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery series (2015)
  8. Cover of Crewel and Unusual by Molly MacRae, book 6 of the Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery series (2019)
  9. Cover of Thistles and Thieves by Molly MacRae, book 3 of the Highland Bookshop Mystery series (2020)
  10. Cover of Heather and Homicide by Molly MacRae, book 4 of the Highland Bookshop Mystery series (2020)
  11. Cover of Argyles and Arsenic by Molly MacRae, book 5 of the Highland Bookshop Mystery series (2022)
  1. 1
    Wilder Rumors2007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
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  2. 2
    Lawn OrderMargaret & Bitsy #12010 · 326 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010326
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  3. 3
    Last Wool and TestamentHaunted Yarn Shop Mystery #12012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  4. 4
    Dyeing WishesHaunted Yarn Shop Mystery #22013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  5. 5
    My Troubles2014 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014192
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  6. 6
    Spinning in Her GraveHaunted Yarn Shop Mystery #32014 · 490 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014490
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  7. 7
    Plagued by QuiltHaunted Yarn Shop Mystery #42014 · 420 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014420
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  8. 8
    Knot the Usual SuspectsHaunted Yarn Shop Mystery #52015 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015400
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  9. 9
    Plaid and PlagiarismHighland Bookshop Mystery #12016 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016288
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  10. 10
    Scones and ScoundrelsHighland Bookshop Mystery #22018 · 307 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018307
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  11. 11
    Crewel and UnusualHaunted Yarn Shop Mystery #62019 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019272
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  12. 12
    Thistles and ThievesHighland Bookshop Mystery #32020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  13. 13
    Heather and HomicideHighland Bookshop Mystery #42020 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020288
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  14. 14
    Argyles and ArsenicHighland Bookshop Mystery #52022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  15. 15
    Come Shell or High WaterA Haunted Shell Shop Mystery #12024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  16. 16
    There'll Be Shell to PayA Haunted Shell Shop Mystery #22025 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2025304
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  17. 17
    All Shell Breaks LooseA Haunted Shell Shop Mystery #32026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026–
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Molly MacRae 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.

Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery in order

6 books
  1. 1. Last Wool and Testament
  2. 2. Dyeing Wishes
  3. 3. Spinning in Her Grave
  4. 4. Plagued by Quilt
  5. 5. Knot the Usual Suspects
  6. 6. Crewel and Unusual

Highland Bookshop Mystery in order

5 books
  1. 1. Plaid and Plagiarism
  2. 2. Scones and Scoundrels
  3. 3. Thistles and Thieves
  4. 4. Heather and Homicide
  5. 5. Argyles and Arsenic

A Haunted Shell Shop Mystery in order

3 books
  1. 1. Come Shell or High Water
  2. 2. There'll Be Shell to Pay
  3. 3. All Shell Breaks Loose

Margaret & Bitsy in order

1 book
  1. 1. Lawn Order

Standalone books

2 books

2 Molly MacRae titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Molly MacRae books in order?

You only need to read Molly MacRae books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Molly MacRae

Start with Wilder Rumors (2007), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Molly MacRae book?

All Shell Breaks Loose (2026) is the newest Molly MacRae book released so far.

Is there a new Molly MacRae book coming?

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

Molly MacRae at a glance

Still publishing
Molly MacRae published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Molly MacRae books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,287 pages across the 10 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 306 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Molly MacRae books, 10 of 17, were published in the 2010s.

What the Molly MacRae books are about

9 of the 17 Molly MacRae 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 7 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.