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Catherine Dilts Reading Order

4 series · 30 books

Mystery & Thriller

Catherine Dilts writes cozy mysteries that blend everyday settings with clever puzzles, drawing on her background as an environmental regulatory technician to add authenticity to her plots. Her prolific output includes four distinct series—the Rock Shop Mysteries, Rose Creek Mystery, Secrets of the Castleton Manor Library, and several standalone novels—spanning thirty books published between 2013 and 2023. Dilts crafts accessible mysteries with strong community elements and characters readers can invest in across multiple installments.

Rock Shop Mysteries Series

Complete

3 books (2013–2016)

Start with Stone Cold Dead and read in order.

Start this series with Stone Cold Dead

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Stone Cold Dead
2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2
Cover of Stone Cold Case
Stone Cold Case
2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3
Cover of Stone Cold Blooded
Stone Cold Blooded
2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

Rose Creek Mystery Series

Likely Complete

2 books (2023–2023)

Start with The Body in the Cattails and read in order.

Start this series with The Body in the Cattails

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1
The Body in the Cattails
2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2
The Body in the Cornfield
2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

Secrets of the Castleton Manor Library Series

Complete

24 books (2017–2019)

Start with A Crime Well Versed(By: Marlene Chase), the first of 24 books in the Secrets of the Castleton Manor Library series.

Start this series with A Crime Well Versed(By: Marlene Chase)

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#Title
1
A Crime Well Versed(By: Marlene Chase)
2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2
A Deadly Chapter(By: Jan Fields)
2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3
A Murder Unscripted(By: Elizabeth Penney)
2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4
A Novel Murder(By: Elizabeth Penney)
2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5
An Autographed Mystery(By: DeAnna Julie Dodson)
2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6
Bitter Words(By: Jan Fields)
2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7
Pride and Publishing(By: DeAnna Julie Dodson)
2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8
Second Edition Death(By: Elizabeth Penney)
2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9
The Grim Reader(By: Margaret Welch)
2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10
A Fatal Yarn(By: Allie Pleiter)
2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11
A Literary Offense(By: Elizabeth Penney)
2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12
For Letter or Worse(By: Margaret Welch)
2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13
From Fable to Grave(By: Marlene Chase)
2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14
15
On Pens and Needles(By: Sandra Orchard)
2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16
Page Fright(By: Elizabeth Penney)
2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17
Read Between the Crimes(By: Lucy Averill)
2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18
Tell No Tales(By: Marlene Chase)
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19
Up to Noir Good(By: Jan Fields)
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20
A Fateful Sentence(By: Lucy Averill)
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21
A Lost Clause(By: K.D. McCrite)
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22
A Scary Tale Wedding(By: K.D. McCrite)
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23
A Thorny Plot
2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24
Cloak and Grammar(By: Allie Pleiter)
2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

Standalone Novels Series

Complete

1 book (2019–2019)

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1
Cover of Survive or Die
Survive or Die
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Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Catherine Dilts written?
Catherine Dilts has written 30 books across 4 series. Their published works span from 2013 to 2023.
What is the first book in each Catherine Dilts series?
Here are the first books in Catherine Dilts's series: Rock Shop Mysteries: Stone Cold Dead; Rose Creek Mystery: The Body in the Cattails; Secrets of the Castleton Manor Library: A Crime Well Versed(By: Marlene Chase).
What order should I read Catherine Dilts's books?
We recommend reading Catherine Dilts's series in publication order. Each series can be read independently.
Are Catherine Dilts's series complete?
Catherine Dilts has 3 completed series.

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