Date with Death Date with Death
Book 1 - The Dales Detective Series

Date with Death

A Cosy Murder Mystery Full of Yorkshire Wit and Warmth

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Publisher Description

Meet two sleuths from a sleepy Yorkshire village as they investigate murders and discover the secrets behind the twitching curtains. Date with Death is the first cosy crime novel in Julia Chapman’s Dales Detective series, perfect for fans of Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club and M. C. Beaton.

Samson O’Brien has been dismissed from the police force, and returns to his hometown of Bruncliffe in the Yorkshire Dales to set up the Dales Detective Agency. However, the villagers aren’t that welcoming to a man they see as trouble.

Delilah Metcalfe is struggling to keep her business, the Dales Dating Agency, afloat as well as trying to control her wayward dog, Tolpuddle, when Samson’s first case – a supposed suicide – takes an unexpected turn, and a trail of deaths lead back to the door of Delilah’s agency.

With suspicion hanging over someone they both care for, the two feuding neighbours soon realize that they need to work together to solve the mystery of the dating deaths. But working together is easier said than done . . .

Full of wit, warmth and characters you’ll care about, continue the murder mystery series with Date with Malice.

Praise for The Dales Detective series:

'Enlivened with numerous subplots, the story moves at a cracking pace' – Daily Mail

'Bags of Yorkshire charm and wit' – Northern Echo

'A classic whodunnit' – Cath Staincliffe, author of Blue Murder

'Full of dry wit and clever plotting' – Countryside

'Chapman delivers on every level' – Lancashire Evening Post

GENRE
Crime & Thrillers
RELEASED
2017
9 March
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
400
Pages
PUBLISHER
Pan Macmillan
SIZE
6.4
MB

Customer Reviews

L122e ,

Great book

When I first started reading this book I thought it was too hard to get my head around the colloquial language. But I was so glad that I persisted. It was an excellent plot, funny in places and brought a smile to my face as I read it. Couldn’t put in down.

lulugraceybum ,

Date with death

Brilliant and gripping hope the second book ties up loose ends

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