Murder at the Charity Ball

A Miss Underhay Mystery, Book 11

By: Helena Dixon

Narrated by: Karen Cass

Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins

Publisher's summary

Kitty Underhay is dancing...with death.

Winter 1934. Kitty Underhay is enjoying a night off from wedding planning as she attends a charity ball at the home of Lady Eliza Foxley. She’s excited to see her father, roguish Edgar Underhay, who is also a guest in the house. But the evening of cocktails and waltzing turns into a dance macabre when Edgar finds their lively, fun-loving hostess dead, strangled by her own silk stocking.

Who has made this uncharitable donation to the evening’s entertainments? When suspicion falls on Edgar and he is arrested for murder, Kitty has to act fast if she doesn’t want her father walking her down the aisle in shackles. Together with her fiancé, Matthew, they vow to clear Edgar’s name and discover who used hosiery to commit homicide.

Lady Eliza’s widowed sister is the main beneficiary of her will, but before Kitty and Matt can question her, she is struck down by a severe case of poisoning. Time is running out for Kitty to solve this case and make it to the church on time. But with a devious killer on the loose, will she end up leaving as a newlywed, or newly dead?

An absolutely addictive and unputdownable Golden Age cozy murder mystery full of twists! Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, T E Kinsey, and Lee Strauss.

©2023 Helena Dixon (P)2023 Bookouture, an imprint of Storyfire Ltd.

Great latest adventure for Kitty & Matt

Helena Dixon never fails to bring us the ever romantic couple of Kitty and Matt who are on another adventure of ‘daring do’ - doubly exciting as the storyline is set during the festive season and days leading up to their wedding. Nostalgic English Christmas is the backdrop for murder and as the tension mounts, so does family suspicions about who will be the next victim and which one of them is guilty. Karen Cass does a fab job on the narration as always.

The Most Entertaining Yet!

This episode had some most interesting twists. Can't wait for the next episode! Kudos Mrs D.

Thank goodness these two are married

I didn’t think they were going to make it to the altar but they are finally married!!
What a story to get there though!

Worth the wait!

I’ve been waiting for the next Kitty Underhay installment, and this definitely lives up to expectations! I love this series and can’t wait for the next release.

Surprised till the end

I think this is one of the best books from Helena Dixon. I love the sweet relationship between Kitty and Matt. There are many twists in this book and you never know what’s gonna happen.

Finally!

I love the narrator! I have many other books with Karen Cass . There's a good combination of humor and seriousness. A long time subplot is resolved. No guns, screaming or gore.

great series

I love hearing about Kitty and Matt's adventures. The story was not as strong as previous stories in the series but still very good nonetheless. My only real complaint continues to be the narration. The typical British flat tone and sing songy cadence will be the death of the cozy mystery. Dry, flat, unemotional reading like she's reading a user's manual regardless of walking on a path or finding a body. Describing murder and emotion instead of allowing us to feel it. I don't want to hear it narrated that the character was angry, I want the character to sound angry. British women narrators are terrible at that. The only exception so far was Alex Tragere, the original narrator to this series. If she would come back and narrate every book in the series it would be an outstanding series instead of typical. Alex's characters dripped with emotion and it endeared each character to you. But to make it worse, Cass has an odd lift or tilt to her voice that comes across as tedium, like narrating for her is just so tedious. And she infects every single character with it. I implore the author to get Tragere to narrate every book in the series when she's done with her schooling. You get get a fortune for this series then.

Wow

Great story! Narrator is getting better. Looking forward to the next book and story in the series.

Fantastic

Such an enjoyable story and wonderful reading. I truly look forward to the next book in the series.