Date With Death (#1 The Dales Detective Series)

Author: Julia Chapman

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General Fields

  • : $20.00 AUD
  • : 9781509823833
  • : Pan Macmillan
  • : Pan Books
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  • : 0.277
  • : January 2017
  • : 19.99
  • : March 2017
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  • : Julia Chapman
  • : The Dales Detective Series
  • : Paperback
  • : Main Market Ed.
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  • : English
  • : 400
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Barcode 9781509823833
9781509823833

Description

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 while he fights to clear his name. However, the people of Bruncliffe aren't that welcoming to a man they see as trouble. Delilah Metcalfe, meanwhile, is struggling to keep her business, the Dales Dating Agency, afloat - as well as trying to control her wayward Weimaraner dog, Tolpuddle. Then when Samson gets his first case, investigating the supposed suicide of a local man, things take an unexpected turn, and soon he discovers a trail of deaths that 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 ...

Promotion info

A charming new series for fans of Alexander McCall Smith, Robert Galbraith and Midsomer Murders.

Reviews

A classic whodunit set in the spectacular landscape of the Yorkshire Dales, written with affection for the area and its people. A satisfying read riddled with dry Yorkshire humour (and dry stone walls) -- Cath Staincliffe, author of The Silence Between Breaths Great fun! -- Carol Drinkwater

Author description

Julia Chapman is the pseudonym of Julia Stagg, who has had five novels, the Fogas Chronicles set in the French Pyrenees, published by Hodder. Date with Death is the first in the Dales Detective series.