Dinah Miller Books in Order
Browse Dinah Miller books in order, with John Treehorn Mystery summaries, series background, and simple guidance on where to start.
Last updated: July 14, 2026
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Dinah Miller books in publication order
19 books
Bad Penny
by Dinah Miller
2018
This short mystery finds John Treehorn investigating the murder of an Indian Posse gang member. Two bullets, conflicting fingerprints, and witnesses who refuse to talk leave him to untangle who committed the crime and who will answer for it.
Shadow Dancer
by Dinah Miller
2018
FBI Agent John Treehorn returns to the Navajo Reservation when new evidence revives a long-buried federal crime. A missing prep-school leader, an old murder, and a feared legend force him to face the past he has never escaped.
Stolen Sisters
by Dinah Miller
2018
A wolf uncovers a frozen hand holding an FBI badge and a final request for John Treehorn. In an isolated oil boomtown, his search for a murdered engineer merges with Raven Shelley's hunt for a missing woman.
Indian Posse
by Dinah Miller
2019
Two bodies marked by the Indian Posse gang lead John Treehorn to a stolen weapons cache and a murdered Navajo police deputy. The deeper he digs, the more a powerful man tries to control a case tied to Treehorn's oldest failure.
Devil's Doorbell
by Dinah Miller
2020
A priest and his housekeeper are killed in a small upstate New York town, and the priest's private confession diary disappears. John Treehorn joins state police to connect the murders to a cold case and a secret the Church wants buried.
Railroad Crossing
by Dinah Miller
2020
John Treehorn investigates the murder of a psychiatrist on the Navajo Reservation who treated military veterans with PTSD. As the case turns deadly, old memories and the lasting pain of survival close in on both investigator and killer.
The Chameleon of Camerone
by Dinah Miller
2020
Hester Louise Day is tired of a stifling life in small-town Florida and makes a reckless choice after an adoption agency rejects her. Soon she is traveling in a camper with unlikely companions and a child she has taken.
Tattoo You
by Dinah Miller
2021
In this short mystery, John Treehorn and a hired gun pursue a counterfeiter east of the Navajo Nation. One wants the criminal brought to justice, while the other wants a more permanent kind of reckoning.
The Hangman
by Dinah Miller
2021
John Treehorn investigates a group of twelve people who helped convict an innocent man. Now someone is hunting them one by one, and the surviving conspirators must decide whether telling the truth is safer than waiting for the killer.
The Stagecoach
by Dinah Miller
2021
John Treehorn investigates the murders of an ex-Pinkerton detective and a Wells Fargo client carrying bank bonds and a black book. Witness-protection disappearances and cartel connections deepen the case, while answers about Treehorn's late wife may finally surface.
Peyote Coyote
by Dinah Miller
2022
FBI Special Agents John Treehorn and Benjamin Latimer search southern Arizona for a missing teenager. When a cartel-linked body appears on the Navajo Nation and a double murder follows, the investigation forces Treehorn to confront truths buried in his own past.
Black Hat
by Dinah Miller
2023
Former residents of a condemned condominium complex believe their past crimes vanished with the rubble. When a figure called the skinwalker begins closing in, John Treehorn arrives with his badge and makes clear that buried wrongdoing still has consequences.
Grave Digger
by Dinah Miller
2023
A flooded cemetery exposes the skeletal remains of a murdered child in an unmarked grave. John Treehorn and Benjamin Latimer follow the few clues left behind, searching for an identity, a killer, and long-delayed answers for a family.
Lady Justice
by Dinah Miller
2024
A staged murder-suicide puts John Treehorn and Benjamin Latimer on the trail of a killer targeting people tied to a protected witness. As the case develops, Treehorn makes a choice that tests the moral limits of wearing a badge.
Locked Room
by Dinah Miller
2024
John Treehorn and Benjamin Latimer investigate the death of a famous author found in his locked writing studio. An inconclusive autopsy and a valuable estate leave the agents sorting through suspects, motives, and one crucial clue.
Marshal Air
by Dinah Miller
2024
When a plane piloted by the president's son vanishes over the Navajo Nation, John Treehorn and Benjamin Latimer join the Secret Service and U.S. Marshals. Political pressure rises after they learn a Mesa Cartel figure was aboard.
Copy Cat
by Dinah Miller
2025
An inmate keeps writing to claim he was wrongly convicted, and the FBI director orders John Treehorn to reopen the case. The review puts Treehorn's partner, Benjamin "Shady" Latimer, under scrutiny for possible misconduct during the original arrest.
Scorpion Weed
by Dinah Miller
2026
John Treehorn and Benjamin Latimer investigate the death of a Navajo Border Patrol agent outside a business employing undocumented workers. A mass grave reveals victims killed with military precision, raising fears that a serial killer is hiding within immigration enforcement.
Take Out
by Dinah Miller
2026
This later John Treehorn Mystery returns FBI Special Agents John Treehorn and Benjamin Latimer to the series' ongoing world of difficult investigations, strained loyalties, and the pursuit of justice in cases linked to the American Southwest.
Where to start with Dinah Miller
For the full series: Shadow Dancer → Stolen Sisters → Bad Penny → Indian Posse.
For a strong later entry: Devil's Doorbell → The Hangman → The Stagecoach.
For quick companion mysteries: Bad Penny → Railroad Crossing → Tattoo You → Grave Digger.
For later interconnected cases: Peyote Coyote → Black Hat → Lady Justice → Marshal Air.
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John Treehorn Mystery books in order
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Bad Penny
by Dinah Miller
2018John Treehorn Mystery, Book 3
Shadow Dancer
by Dinah Miller
2018John Treehorn Mystery, Book 1
Stolen Sisters
by Dinah Miller
2018John Treehorn Mystery, Book 2
Indian Posse
by Dinah Miller
2019John Treehorn Mystery, Book 4
Devil's Doorbell
by Dinah Miller
2020John Treehorn Mystery, Book 5
Railroad Crossing
by Dinah Miller
2020John Treehorn Mystery, Book 6
Tattoo You
by Dinah Miller
2021John Treehorn Mystery, Book 9
The Hangman
by Dinah Miller
2021John Treehorn Mystery, Book 7
The Stagecoach
by Dinah Miller
2021John Treehorn Mystery, Book 8
Peyote Coyote
by Dinah Miller
2022John Treehorn Mystery, Book 10
Black Hat
by Dinah Miller
2023John Treehorn Mystery, Book 11
Grave Digger
by Dinah Miller
2023John Treehorn Mystery, Book 12
Lady Justice
by Dinah Miller
2024John Treehorn Mystery, Book 13
Locked Room
by Dinah Miller
2024John Treehorn Mystery, Book 15
Marshal Air
by Dinah Miller
2024John Treehorn Mystery, Book 14
Copy Cat
by Dinah Miller
2025John Treehorn Mystery, Book 16
Scorpion Weed
by Dinah Miller
2026John Treehorn Mystery, Book 17
Take Out
by Dinah Miller
2026John Treehorn Mystery, Book 18
John Treehorn Mystery books in chronological order

Shadow Dancer
by Dinah Miller
2018John Treehorn Mystery, Book 1
Stolen Sisters
by Dinah Miller
2018John Treehorn Mystery, Book 2
Bad Penny
by Dinah Miller
2018John Treehorn Mystery, Book 3
Indian Posse
by Dinah Miller
2019John Treehorn Mystery, Book 4
Devil's Doorbell
by Dinah Miller
2020John Treehorn Mystery, Book 5
Railroad Crossing
by Dinah Miller
2020John Treehorn Mystery, Book 6
The Hangman
by Dinah Miller
2021John Treehorn Mystery, Book 7
The Stagecoach
by Dinah Miller
2021John Treehorn Mystery, Book 8
Tattoo You
by Dinah Miller
2021John Treehorn Mystery, Book 9
Peyote Coyote
by Dinah Miller
2022John Treehorn Mystery, Book 10
Black Hat
by Dinah Miller
2023John Treehorn Mystery, Book 11
Grave Digger
by Dinah Miller
2023John Treehorn Mystery, Book 12
Lady Justice
by Dinah Miller
2024John Treehorn Mystery, Book 13
Marshal Air
by Dinah Miller
2024John Treehorn Mystery, Book 14
Locked Room
by Dinah Miller
2024John Treehorn Mystery, Book 15
Copy Cat
by Dinah Miller
2025John Treehorn Mystery, Book 16
Scorpion Weed
by Dinah Miller
2026John Treehorn Mystery, Book 17
Take Out
by Dinah Miller
2026John Treehorn Mystery, Book 18
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Author bio
Dinah Miller grew up in New York's Adirondack region, a place of woods, small communities, and long distances between towns. She later attended the University of Arizona, moving from the Northeast to the Southwest, a shift that would matter to the crime fiction she went on to write.
Before publishing novels, Miller worked as a rehabilitation social worker. Her professional experience included substance abuse services, inpatient psychiatric care, suicide prevention, and legal advocacy for people with mental illness.
Those are jobs that put a person close to difficult decisions.
Miller also worked as a screenwriter, and her screenwriting has received awards. That background shows in the direct setup of her mysteries: a body, an unanswered question, a few people with reasons to hide the truth, and an investigator who has to keep digging after the easy explanation falls apart.
Her fiction is centered on FBI Special Agent John Treehorn, the lead of the John Treehorn Mystery series. Treehorn is half Navajo and half white, and he works cases that bring federal law enforcement into contact with communities connected to the Navajo Nation. Miller uses that split perspective as part of his personal life as well as his work. He understands the rules of the Bureau, but he also carries a deep connection to the places and people shaped by his past.
The cases are never entirely impersonal for him.
Miller began the series with Shadow Dancer in 2018. The novel sends Treehorn back to the Navajo Reservation to investigate a cold case connected to a missing school leader, a buried crime, and a story that has stayed with him for years. Stolen Sisters follows him to an isolated oil boomtown, where two missing-women cases begin to overlap. In Indian Posse, a pair of marked bodies and a stolen weapons cache pull Treehorn into a violent dispute over justice, loyalty, and power.
Later books keep expanding the circle around him. Devil's Doorbell moves to upstate New York, where a murdered priest's stolen confession diary threatens to expose an old crime. Peyote Coyote sends Treehorn and fellow agent Benjamin Latimer to southern Arizona to search for a missing teenager while a cartel-related killing points back toward the Navajo Nation. The novels also make room for shorter companion mysteries, including Bad Penny, Railroad Crossing, Tattoo You, Grave Digger, and Locked Room.
The series deals with murder, missing people, grief, family history, addiction, trauma, and the ways institutions can fail the people who need them. The books are written for adult readers and can include graphic crime scenes, but the ongoing appeal is the team around Treehorn. Benjamin "Shady" Latimer, Raven Shelley, Parker Greyhorse, and other returning characters give the series a continuing sense of history.
Miller's books work best in order. Each case has its own central mystery, yet old losses, friendships, alliances, and unfinished questions travel forward from one book to the next.
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