Helen Cox Books in Order

Helen Cox has written 13 books, published between 2016 and 2025. The first book is Starlight in New York (2016) and the newest is A Body at the Christmas Book Fair (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
2016–2025
Pages on record
1,536 in 4 of 13 books

Yorkshire gives Helen Cox's crime writing its ground. Two series carry the work: the Kitt Hartley Yorkshire Mysteries and the Starlight Diner books. Thirteen catalogued titles run from Starlight in New York (2016) to A Body at the Christmas Book Fair (2025), by way of Murder by the Minster (2020), Death Awaits in Durham (2020), A Body in the Bookshop (2020) and Murder on the Moorland (2020). Cox continues to publish.

How many Helen Cox books are there?

Helen Cox has 13 books, released between 2016 and 2025. They include 2 series and 2 titles listed outside any series.

Helen Cox Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Helen Cox 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. 1
    Starlight in New YorkStarlight Diner #12016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016
  2. 2
    Sunrise in New YorkStarlight Diner #22016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016
  3. 3
    Water Signs2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018
  4. 42019
  5. 5
    Murder by the MinsterKitt Hartley Yorkshire Mysteries #12020 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020384
  6. 6
    A Body in the BookshopKitt Hartley Yorkshire Mysteries #22020 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020336
  7. 7
    Murder on the MoorlandKitt Hartley Yorkshire Mysteries #32020 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020416
  8. 8
    Death Awaits in DurhamKitt Hartley Yorkshire Mysteries #42020 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020400
  9. 9
    A Witch Hunt in WhitbyKitt Hartley Yorkshire Mysteries #52021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021
  10. 10
    A Body by the LighthouseKitt Hartley Yorkshire Mysteries #62021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021
  11. 11
    Murder in a Mill TownKitt Hartley Yorkshire Mysteries #72023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023
  12. 12
    A Body in the BorderlandsKitt Hartley Yorkshire Mysteries #82024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024
  13. 13
    A Body at the Christmas Book FairKitt Hartley Yorkshire Mysteries #92025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025

Helen Cox 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.

Kitt Hartley Yorkshire Mysteries in order

9 books
  1. 1. Murder by the Minster
  2. 2. A Body in the Bookshop
  3. 3. Murder on the Moorland
  4. 4. Death Awaits in Durham
  5. 5. A Witch Hunt in Whitby
  6. 6. A Body by the Lighthouse
  7. 7. Murder in a Mill Town
  8. 8. A Body in the Borderlands
  9. 9. A Body at the Christmas Book Fair

Starlight Diner in order

2 books
  1. 1. Starlight in New York
  2. 2. Sunrise in New York

Standalone books

2 books

2 Helen Cox titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Helen Cox books in order?

You only need to read Helen Cox 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 Helen Cox

Start with Starlight in New York (2016), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Helen Cox book?

A Body at the Christmas Book Fair (2025) is the newest Helen Cox book released so far.

Is there a new Helen Cox book coming?

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

Helen Cox at a glance

Still publishing
Helen Cox published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Helen Cox books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,536 pages across the 4 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 392 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Helen Cox books, 9 of 13, were published in the 2020s.

What the Helen Cox books are about

5 of the 13 Helen Cox books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: english literature is tagged on 5 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • English literature 5 of 5 books