Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Quick and the Thread | 2010 | Gayle Trent | Buy |
| 2 | Stitch Me Deadly | 2011 | Gayle Trent | Buy |
| 3 | Thread Reckoning | 2011 | Gayle Trent | Buy |
| 4 | The Long Stitch Good Night | 2012 | Gayle Trent | Buy |
| 5 | Thread on Arrival | 2012 | Gayle Trent | Buy |
| 6 | Cross Stitch Before Dying | 2013 | Gayle Trent | Buy |
| 7 | Thread End | 2014 | Gayle Trent | Buy |
| 8 | Wicked Stitch | 2015 | Gayle Trent | Buy |
| 9 | The Stitching Hour | 2015 | Gayle Trent | Buy |
| 10 | Better Off Thread | 2016 | Gayle Trent | Buy |
Writing as Amanda Lee, Gayle Trent created one of her most popular series with the Embroidery Mysteries. The ten books follow Marcy Singer, who opens the Seven-Year Stitch embroidery shop in a small coastal Oregon town and quickly learns that her neighbors have more secrets than a sampler has stitches.
The series ran from 2010 to 2016, with titles like Stitch Me Deadly, Thread on Arrival, and The Stitching Hour. Each book weaves needlework details into the mystery plot, giving craft-loving readers something extra alongside the whodunit. The Embroidery Mysteries remain some of the most popular entries in the larger craft-mystery subgenre.