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Date with Mystery

Curtains Are Twitching in This Witty and Charming Yorkshire Dales Whodunit

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Date with Mystery

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

The close-knit community of a Yorkshire village is rocked when local secrets are revealed in Date with Mystery, the third 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.

The Dales Detective Agency’s latest assignment appears to be an open and shut case. Hired by a local solicitor to find a death certificate for a young woman who died over twenty years ago, Samson O’Brien is about to find out that things in Bruncliffe are rarely that straightforward. Particularly when the solicitor insists that Delilah Metcalfe, with her wealth of local knowledge, works alongside Samson on this sensitive investigation.

Delilah is eager to help, needing to take her mind off the impending custody case for her precious dog Tolpuddle and problems with her dating agency.

As Samson and Delilah begin their inquiries they soon become embroiled in a mystery that has lain at the heart of the town for decades. But in uncovering the truth have they exposed secrets that some would prefer remained buried?

Full of wit, warmth and comforting characters, continue the gripping mystery series with Date with Poison.

'Bags of Yorkshire charm and wit' - Northern Echo

 Cosy Crime Crime Fiction Genre Fiction Mystery Private Investigators Small Town & Rural Traditional Detectives Fiction Detective

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Critic reviews

Bags of Yorkshire charm and wit
A delightful read
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!
The barbed electricity flowing between the two central protagonists . . . bring fire and drive to the narrative
All stars
Most relevant
The continuing story of the Dales Detective Agency, good story with twists that surprise

Book 3 , a good follow up

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Brilliant story. I have to get all the following ones now. The characters are so believable.

I want to hear the next one

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Really loving this book series! Well written, fun, great characters and a will they/won’t they theme! I was really, really looking forward to finding out where it was all going. Shame the rest of the series after this book is no longer available on the Kindle app which has stopped it being as accessible to as many readers - such a shame for such a fab writer not to be able to be heard more!! I certainly won’t be able to read/hear the rest through my subscription which I’m gutted about!

Loving this Series!!

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Yes, it's predictable in terms of the main storyline, but that doesn't reduce its appeal at all. The characters are familiar and liked, there are some lovely little twists in the story, a good few of laughs and thoroughly entertaining and very enjoyable.

Very enjoyable, I'll be back for the next

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Obvious plot lines - which is annoying - but the characters and coziness keeps the interest up.

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