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Catherine Dilts Books in Order

Catherine Dilts has written 8 books, published between 2013 and 2023. The first book is Stone Cold Dead (2013) and the newest is The Body in the Cornfield (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
2013–2023
Pages on record
1,050 in 3 of 8 books
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Catherine Dilts writes mystery and detective fiction. Eight books are catalogued under the name, from Stone Cold Dead (2013) to The Body in the Cornfield (2023), and two series are recorded: Rock Shop Mysteries and Rose Creek Mystery. Murder, investigation, cold cases, women geologists, women-owned businesses, rocks and donkeys all appear in the subject list.

How many Catherine Dilts books are there?

Catherine Dilts has 8 books, released between 2013 and 2023. They include 2 series and 1 title listed outside any series.

Catherine Dilts Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Catherine Dilts 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. Cover of Stone Cold Dead by Catherine Dilts, book 1 of the Rock Shop Mysteries series (2013)
  2. Cover of Stone Cold Case by Catherine Dilts, book 2 of the Rock Shop Mysteries series (2015)
  3. Cover of Stone Cold Blooded by Catherine Dilts, book 3 of the Rock Shop Mysteries series (2016)
  1. 1
    Stone Cold DeadRock Shop Mysteries #12013 · 331 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013331
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  2. 2
    Stone Cold CaseRock Shop Mysteries #22015 · 385 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015385
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  3. 3
    Stone Cold BloodedRock Shop Mysteries #32016 · 334 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016334
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  4. 4
    Ink or SwimSecrets of the Castleton Manor Library #142018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
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  5. 5
    Survive or Die2019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
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  6. 6
    A Thorny PlotSecrets of the Castleton Manor Library #232019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
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  7. 7
    The Body in the CattailsRose Creek Mystery #12023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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  8. 8
    The Body in the CornfieldRose Creek Mystery #22023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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Catherine Dilts books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Rock Shop Mysteries in order

3 books
  1. 1. Stone Cold Dead
  2. 2. Stone Cold Case
  3. 3. Stone Cold Blooded

Rose Creek Mystery in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Body in the Cattails
  2. 2. The Body in the Cornfield

Secrets of the Castleton Manor Library in order

2 books
  1. 14. Ink or Swim
  2. 23. A Thorny Plot

Standalone books

1 book

1 Catherine Dilts title here is not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Catherine Dilts books in order?

You only need to read Catherine Dilts books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Catherine Dilts

Start with Stone Cold Dead (2013), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Catherine Dilts book?

The Body in the Cornfield (2023) is the newest Catherine Dilts book released so far.

Is there a new Catherine Dilts book coming?

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

Catherine Dilts at a glance

Paused
No new Catherine Dilts title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Catherine Dilts books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,050 pages across the 3 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 334 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Catherine Dilts books, 6 of 8, were published in the 2010s.

What the Catherine Dilts books are about

3 of the 8 Catherine Dilts books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: crimes against is tagged on 2 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.