Southern Quilting Mysteries Books in Order

Southern Quilting Mysteries by Elizabeth Spann Craig contains 20 books, published between 2012 and 2024. The first book is Quilt or Innocence (2012) and the newest is A Southern Quilting Cozy Christmas (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
20
Published
2012–2024
Pages on record
2,038 in 8 of 20 books

Southern Quilting Mysteries are murder investigations by Elizabeth Spann Craig, with North Carolina, small cities, older women and quiltmakers in the subjects. Quilt or Innocence (2012) opens the series. Sewing puns shape the titles: Knot What It Seams, Quilt Trip, Shear Trouble, Fall to Pieces and On Pins and Needles. The series holds 20 books, and A Southern Quilting Cozy Christmas (2024) is the newest.

How many Southern Quilting Mysteries books are there?

Southern Quilting Mysteries has 20 books, released between 2012 and 2024.

Southern Quilting Mysteries Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 20 Southern Quilting Mysteries 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
    Quilt or InnocenceSouthern Quilting Mystery #12012 · 296 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012296
  2. 2
    Knot What It SeamsSouthern Quilting Mystery #22013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013
  3. 3
    Quilt TripSouthern Quilting Mystery #32013 · 296 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013296
  4. 4
    Shear TroubleSouthern Quilting Mystery #42014 · 292 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014292
  5. 5
    Tying the KnotSouthern Quilting Mystery #52015 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015304
  6. 6
    Fall to PiecesSouthern Quilting Mystery #62017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017
  7. 7
    Patch of TroubleSouthern Quilting Mystery #72017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017
  8. 8
    Pressed for TimeSouthern Quilting Mystery #82017 · 194 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017194
  9. 9
    Rest in PiecesSouthern Quilting Mystery #92018 · 220 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018220
  10. 10
    On Pins and NeedlesSouthern Quilting Mystery #102018 · 222 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018222
  11. 11
    Fit To Be TiedSouthern Quilting Mystery #112019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019
  12. 12
    Embroidering the TruthSouthern Quilting Mystery #122020 · 214 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020214
  13. 13
    Knot a ClueSouthern Quilting Mystery #132020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020
  14. 14
    Quilt-RiddenSouthern Quilting Mystery #142021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021
  15. 15
    Needled to DeathSouthern Quilting Mystery #152021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021
  16. 16
    A Notion to MurderSouthern Quilting Mystery #162022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022
  17. 17
    CrosspatchSouthern Quilting Mystery #172022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022
  18. 18
    Behind the SeamsSouthern Quilting Mystery #182023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023
  19. 19
    Quilt ComplexSouthern Quilting Mystery #192023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023
  20. 20
    A Southern Quilting Cozy ChristmasSouthern Quilting Mystery #202024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024

Do you have to read Southern Quilting Mysteries books in order?

You should read the Southern Quilting Mysteries books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Southern Quilting Mysteries book also stands alone.

Where to start with Southern Quilting Mysteries

Start with Quilt or Innocence (2012), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Southern Quilting Mysteries book?

A Southern Quilting Cozy Christmas (2024) is the newest Southern Quilting Mysteries book released so far.

Is there a new Southern Quilting Mysteries book coming?

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

Southern Quilting Mysteries at a glance

Still running
Southern Quilting Mysteries is still running, with a title published as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Southern Quilting Mysteries books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
2,038 pages across the 8 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 257 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Southern Quilting Mysteries books, 11 of 20, were published in the 2010s.

What the Southern Quilting Mysteries books are about

6 of the 20 Southern Quilting Mysteries books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: investigation is tagged on 4 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Elizabeth Spann Craig

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.