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Date with Destiny

A Charming Cosy Crime Read Packed With Yorkshire Humour

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Date with Destiny

By: Julia Chapman
Narrated by: Elizabeth Bower
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About this listen

Don't miss the final instalment in the Dales Detective series!

'A rollicking tale of everyday crime life among rural folk' - Daily Mail

From death to danger and malice to mystery, Samson and Delilah have weathered many storms. Finally, things should be going smoothly. Except life’s never that simple in Bruncliffe, is it?


As the couple are beset with worries about their upcoming wedding, a charismatic celebrity comes knocking on the Dales Detective Agency’s door, seeking their services. Samson is initially reluctant to help, for many reasons. But things quickly escalate following a shocking murder at Fellside Court and, as a friend comes under suspicion, Samson and Delilah must set aside their personal problems to catch a killer.

In a case that will bring so many of Bruncliffe’s secrets out into the open, this final investigation for the Dales Detectives may be the one that breaks them for ever . . .

Date with Destiny is the final instalment in Julia Chapman's much-loved Dales Detective series set in Yorkshire.

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

‘As village murder mysteries go, this clever, witty and realistic series is quite out of the ordinary and strongly recommended’ – Crime Review

Cosy Crime Crime Fiction Detective Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Murder Mystery Private Investigators Small Town & Rural Village Witty Heartfelt

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Critic reviews

Cosy and twisty
If book series are for you, make sure to catch Date with Destiny by Julia Chapman (Pan). Sob, it's the last in the Dales Detective Series and for fans, it's a good 'un.
Moving her story along at a cracking pace, Chapman has an enviable talent for sharing the ups and downs of country life. Fans of The Archers will lap it up (Daily Mail on Date with Justice)
Bags of Northern charm and wit
Beautifully written whodunnit with fabulous Yorkshire characters, winding love affairs, sheep, murder and mugs of tea, set against the background of the Dales (The Times on Date with Death)
On her way to literary pastures new Julia Chapman rounds off her Dales Detective series with this rollicking tale of everyday crime life among rural folk
All stars
Most relevant
I started listening to these books in 2020 after my daughter was stillborn couldn’t face films or soaps but started listening while out walking these books led me to happily listening while doing housework doing the school run and tecently during my brain surgery very slow recovery the radiotherapy and chemo I have listened to these books more than once thanks to my brain injury but they still get me through tough times THANK YOU X

Sad to say goodbye

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I have binge listened all the DDA books in audio whilst working! we need more please!!

another great book

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Such a loss with this being the final contact with Bruncliffe. I've fallen in love with this area of the Dale's and its people. This last book does not disappoint, although I confess that it didn't take long to solve the plot! Even so Samson & Delilah came up trumps. Five stars

Farewell Bruncliffe.

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I have absolutely loved this entire series of DDA books and I am very sad now they have come to an end, but at least they have gone out with a bang! Another really good story, really well narrated and a brilliant send off for Sampson, Delilah and all the other fantastic characters….

Love!!!

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Great ending too a great series I was always waiting impatiently for the next
one Sadly this being the last I will miss all the characters especially tolpuddle

Number of twists in story

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