Peggy Ehrhart Books in Order

Peggy Ehrhart has written 18 books, published between 2008 and 2026. The first book is Sweet Man Is Gone (2008) and the newest is The Quilt Whisperer Investigates (2026). Publication order is the reading order below. 13 of the 18 books listed here are in the A Knit & Nibble Mystery series, which has its own page: A Knit & Nibble Mystery books in order.

Books
18
Published
2008–2026
Confirmed
13 of 18 titles
Pages on record
2,689 in 9 of 18 books
Reading time
45–67 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,689 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 18 titles with a page count on record.

Peggy Ehrhart writes mysteries, and the catalogue lists 18 books from Sweet Man Is Gone (2008) to The Quilt Whisperer Investigates (2026). Series include the Maxx Maxwell Mysteries and the Quilt Whisperer Mystery books, and the Knit & Nibble Mystery name also appears in the listing. Women blues musicians, women sleuths, murder investigation and cozy mystery are among the recorded subjects. Murder Gets the Blues (2010), Died in the Wool (2018), Murder, She Knit (2018) and Knit One, Die Two (2019) are among the titles.

How many Peggy Ehrhart books are there?

Peggy Ehrhart has 18 books, released between 2008 and 2026. They include 3 series and 1 title listed outside any series.

Peggy Ehrhart Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 18 Peggy Ehrhart 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. 1
    Sweet Man Is GoneMaxx Maxwell Mysteries #12008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008
  2. 2
    New York Beat2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010
  3. 3
    Murder Gets the BluesMaxx Maxwell Mysteries #22010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010
  4. 4
    Got No Friend AnyhowMaxx Maxwell Mysteries #32011 · 241 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011241
  5. 5
    Murder, She KnitA Knit & Nibble Mystery #12018 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018304
  6. 6
    Died in the WoolA Knit & Nibble Mystery #22018 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018304
  7. 7
    Knit One, Die TwoA Knit & Nibble Mystery #32019 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019288
  8. 8
    Silent Knit, Deadly KnitA Knit & Nibble Mystery #42019 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019304
  9. 9
    A Fatal YarnA Knit & Nibble Mystery #52020 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020336
  10. 10
    Knit of the Living DeadA Knit & Nibble Mystery #62020 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020304
  11. 11
    Knitty Gritty MurderA Knit & Nibble Mystery #72021 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2021304
  12. 122022
  13. 13
    Irish Knit MurderA Knit & Nibble Mystery #102023 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2023304
  14. 142023
  15. 152023
  16. 162024
  17. 172025
  18. 18
    The Quilt Whisperer InvestigatesQuilt Whisperer Mystery #12026 · confirmed 1/4
    2026

Peggy Ehrhart series and characters in order

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

Peggy Ehrhart books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.

  1. 1. Murder, She Knit
  2. 2. Died in the Wool
  3. 3. Knit One, Die Two
  4. 4. Silent Knit, Deadly Knit
  5. 5. A Fatal Yarn
  6. 6. Knit of the Living Dead
  7. 7. Knitty Gritty Murder
  8. 8. Death of a Knit Wit
  9. 10. Irish Knit Murder
  10. 11. Knitmare on Beech Street
  11. 12. Murder Most Irish
  12. 13. A Dark and Stormy Knit
  13. and 1 more in the table above

Maxx Maxwell Mysteries in order

3 books
  1. 1. Sweet Man Is Gone
  2. 2. Murder Gets the Blues
  3. 3. Got No Friend Anyhow

Quilt Whisperer Mystery in order

1 book
  1. 1. The Quilt Whisperer Investigates

Standalone books

1 book

1 Peggy Ehrhart title here is not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Peggy Ehrhart books in order?

You only need to read Peggy Ehrhart books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Peggy Ehrhart

Start with Murder, She Knit (2018), the first A Knit & Nibble Mystery book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Sweet Man Is Gone (2008).

What is the newest Peggy Ehrhart book?

The Quilt Whisperer Investigates (2026) is the newest Peggy Ehrhart book released so far.

Is there a new Peggy Ehrhart book coming?

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

Peggy Ehrhart at a glance

Still publishing
Peggy Ehrhart published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Peggy Ehrhart books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,689 pages across the 9 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 304 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Peggy Ehrhart books, 10 of 18, were published in the 2020s.

What the Peggy Ehrhart books are about

7 of the 18 Peggy Ehrhart 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 3 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Mystery & detective 3 of 7 books
  • Blues musicians 2 of 7 books
  • Crimes against 2 of 7 books
  • Women blues musicians 2 of 7 books
  • Women singers 2 of 7 books