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Date with Evil: A delightfully witty and charming mystery set in the Yorkshire Dales: 8 (The Dales Detective Series, 8)

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This is the first book I've read waiting for its release - because I discovered The Dales Detective when the previous books were already published - and I read them, one after the other, last year. To the south of Brunscliffe is Skipton, and to the north Horton-in-Ribbledale, and the famous Ribblesdale Viaduct. Julia Chapman is the pseudonym of Julia Stagg, who has had five novels, the Fogas Chronicles set in the French Pyrenees, published by Hodder. Samson has a perfect alibi, and is released but Cooper still thinks he is corrupt and leaks to the press a photo he had taken of the Met letter to Samson, with charges of drug dealing. This is book seven in Julia Chapman's Dales Detective series, set in the village of Bruncliffe in the Yorkshire Dales.

This one is slightly darker than the previous seven books, but ties up neatly with the baddie *finally* getting caught. Following on from Date with Betrayal, and coming in 2023, this new novel delights with its combination of beguiling charm and witty ingenuity. Ruth Knowles does not like Samson - she had trouble in the past with Samson's then alcoholic father Joseph - but she knows the Mart is closed and in trouble financially and so will do all she can to help. Samson loves Delilah, but has been exonerated, and asked to rejoin the National Crime Agency, the Met job he loves and at which he excels.This is book 6 in what is turning out to be a very good series with strong characters, a good blend of main plots and smaller ones, and above all a compelling personal lives story. Of course, Samson saves the day, solves the murders, and the Dales Detective Agency is assured of lots of business.

Tolpuddle too is poisoned , but by sheer good or bad luck only eats 2/3 of a sausage - the neighbour's cat Oscar beats Tolpuddle and steals the remaining sausage. They escape by crossing a bog on Twistleton land - the rottweiler follows, but is trapped in the bog, and ends up doped and dumped on the vet's doorstep.Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. My goodness I was racing through the pages to find out what happened/who did what/ who would survive.

I would liken this book and indeed the series to a boiled sweet with a soft centre but a hard shell. Ida discovers the source of George's appetite, and takes Grigore and Pavel into her kitchen to feed them properly, trying to convince herself that they are good people. Cozy Case Files Volume 2 (By: Carolyn Haines,Donna Andrews,Hannah Dennison,Cate Conte,Diane Kelly,E.This is book three in an excellent little series - the Dales Detective Series - set in Yorkshire and with two very strong characters who have been thrown together.

In the eighth novel in the Dales Detective series, Date with Evil , Samson and Delilah are about to discover that all of their new cases may be connected to a network of evil that seems to be surrounding Bruncliffe. The local police are Sergeant Clayton and DC Danny Bradley, with Super Frank Thistlethwaite still on the scene. Il n'y a rien que j'admire plus qu'un écrivain qui sache maintenir l'intérêt de son auditoire sans se sentir obligé de prendre en otage des éléments de l'intrigue !Neil and Delilah are getting on better, and Samson is jealous, but he has no reason to be, and a few Samson/ Delilah kisses banish any doubts.

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