A Miss Underhay Mystery: Book 24
Publication Date: August 18, 2026
A stream of bikes speeding along the road in the annual cycle race. And one in a ditch upside down, wheels still spinning… with a body lying next to it. Can Kitty Underhay get to the bottom of this?
England, 1938. Kitty Underhay is enjoying a stroll in the Yorkshire town where she and her husband Matt are visiting his family. As she stops to take in the rolling hills, she suddenly sees a most unexpected sight. There’s a bike in the ditch just along the road… and the cyclist is dead.
Abandoning her plans for a picnic with Matt, the pair start to piece together what happened. But there’s more than meets the eye to the man now pushing up daisies. The victim is no stranger; it appears he has unexpected Devon connections. Why is he here? And who is behind his murder? Has his ex-girlfriend hit the brakes? Or could it be the woman he was courting in secret? And the other cyclists aren’t faultless either…
But just as Kitty and Matt set the wheels in motion and the investigation picks up speed, there’s another murder, shaking up the quiet country town further. Then Kitty and Matt realise that they too have been marked by the killer, and the duo need to unearth the connection between the two murders immediately…
Can Kitty and Matt catch the killer before they get to the finish line? Or will it be game over for both of them by the end of the race…?
Fans of Agatha Christie, T.E. Kinsey or Verity Bright will adore this totally charming murder mystery. The perfect treat for cozy crime fans!
Murder in a Yorkshire Village by Helena Dixon is the twenty-fourth book in the Miss Underhay Mystery series and the first one I’ve read.
Set in England in the late 1930s, I was drawn in by the prologue that sets up the mystery to be solved in this cozy historical mystery. Kitty and Matt are the main characters, and the story takes place over about a week. Little did they realize that their search for a missing cyclist would uncover two murders, an arson that almost claimed their lives, and also have them in the suspect’s crosshairs.
The story flows well with lots of details. There are nice descriptions throughout that had me invested in the outcome. Matt’s parents, who were visiting for a week, were difficult to deal with, especially his mother, who was high maintenance, and I give credit for how caring Kitty and Matt were to them. There are injuries and police investigations, but Kitty and Matt uncovered the person committing the crimes. There is some closure, but also loose ends that will probably be addressed in the next book.
While this book is a standalone, readers will benefit from reading the other books in the series, as I felt at a disadvantage starting at book 24.
Murder in a Yorkshire Village was a quick read, with a race to figure out whodunit before more crimes need to be investigated and solved. 
Helena Dixon is the author of the internationally bestselling Miss Underhay cozy mystery series. She is a Black Country girl living in Devon. Married to the same man for over thirty-five years she has three daughters, a cactus called Spike, and a crazy cockapoo. She was the winner of the RNA Romance Prize in 2007 and the RNA Love Story of the Year 2010.
