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ⓘ About Molly MacRae
Molly Macrae is an American cozy mystery authors who has made a name for herself with the “Highland Bookshop Mysteries” and “The Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery”. The Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery series are about a textile preservation expert from a little town in Tennessee named Blue Plum, who has to deal with a depressed ghost. The Highland Bookshop Mystery series features four women who start new lives in the small town of Inversgail on the Scotland West Coast, where they buy a bookshop. The focus on small town living is inspired by Molly Macrae’s life, that for the most part was spent the Blue Ridge Mountains of Tennessee. Living in Jonesborough, she worked as a curator of a history museum, and ran the now defunct independent bookstore the “Book Place”.
All Book Series by Molly MacRae
A Novel Murder
Series opener · book 1 of 24 · published 2017 Anthology · Elizabeth Penney
An Autographed Mystery
Book 5 of 24 · published 2017 Anthology · DeAnna Julie Dodson
Pride and Publishing
Book 9 of 24 · published 2017 Anthology · DeAnna Julie Dodson
Read Between the Crimes
Book 18 of 24 · published 2018 Anthology · Lucy Averill
A Scary Tale Wedding
Latest in the series · book 24 of 24 · published 2019 Anthology · K.D. McCrite
Mummy's the Word
Series opener · book 1 of 12 · published 2025 Anthology · Jan Fields
A Merry Little Murder
Latest in the series · book 12 of 12 · published 2025 Anthology · Jan Fields
A String of Pearls
Series opener · book 1 of 23 · published 2023 Anthology · Jenelle Hovde
Accentuate the Positive
Book 8 of 23 · published 2023 Anthology · Jeanette Hanscome
For Sentimental Reasons
Book 9 of 23 · published 2023 Anthology · Gabrielle Meyer
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Book 11 of 23 · published 2024 Anthology · Laura Bradford
When You Wish Upon a Star
Book 13 of 23 · published 2024 Anthology · Becky Melby
Wait Till the Sun Shines
Book 17 of 23 · published 2024 Pen name · Margaret Welch
Down Forget-Me-Not Lane
Book 18 of 23 · published 2024 Anthology · Leslie Gould
Stairway to the Stars
Book 19 of 23 · published 2024 Anthology · Ruth Logan Herne
My Dreams Are Getting Better
Latest in the series · book 23 of 23 · published 2025 Anthology · Jeanette Hanscome
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Molly MacRae?
Molly Macrae is an American cozy mystery authors who has made a name for herself with the “Highland Bookshop Mysteries” and “The Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery”. The Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery series are about a textile preservation expert from a little town in Tennessee named Blue Plum, who has to deal with a depressed ghost. The Highland Bookshop Mystery series features four women who start new lives in the small town of Inversgail on the Scotland West Coast, where they buy a bookshop.
Which Molly MacRae series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery series, the earliest of Molly MacRae's multi-book series: it opens with Last Wool and Testament (2012) and runs to 6 books across 2012–2019, ending with Crewel and Unusual (2019). Molly MacRae's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Molly MacRae written?
Molly MacRae has 77 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2007 and 2026. 74 of them belong to 7 named series — the largest being the Secrets of the Castleton Manor Library series with 24 books — and 3 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Molly MacRae's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Molly MacRae's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Margaret & Bitsy (2010, 1 book), Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery (2012–2019, 6 books) and Highland Bookshop Mystery (2016–2022, 5 books), plus 4 more.
How are Molly MacRae's books organised into series?
This guide splits Molly MacRae's 77 books into 7 named series and 3 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Secrets of the Castleton Manor Library (24 books, 2017–2019); Whistle Stop Cafe Mysteries (23 books, 2023–2025); Museum of Mysteries (12 books, 2025); Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery (6 books, 2012–2019); Highland Bookshop Mystery (5 books, 2016–2022), plus 2 further series.