Next Eric Bradley almost dies when his oxygen supply is interrupted in the middle of the night - another clever plot. Another DDA client, Stuart Lister, a newly qualified estate agent is almost the fourth victim, but he survives.

While I was trying to plot murder in the city, I was constantly noticing the shade of the heather on the hills as September bleeds into October. Rick Procter, a local property developer (and much worse) swindled Samson's dad Joseph out of the family Twistleton Farm - Rick is now running a cannabis farm there. Nina Hussain turns up asking for a holiday job - she wants to be a detective when she leaves school. Chapman has created a superb cast of characters with all the domestic gossip, rivalries, fallings-out and community spirit anyone who grew up in a small town will love and recognise. She also has a hidden camera at Kamal Hussain's "Rice and Spice" restaurant where someone is stealing from the till.Dee too overcomes her dislike for Samson, and asks him to look at the murders of two of her clients. 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 book one in the Dales Detective series, and let me say straight away that I really liked the book and look forward to reading the series. Cozy Case Files Volume 5 (By: Carolyn Haines,Donna Andrews,Carola Dunn,Sheila Connolly,Ellie Alexander,Susan C. J'ai retrouvé avec plaisir des personnages que j'aime énormément, la tension palpable, l'humour toujours présent, les émotions démultipliées. In terms of ratings, I can imagine that those readers invested in the goings on in Bruncliffe and the Dales Detective Agency it’s a clear winner but it proved a bit of a struggle for me without experience of the earlier books. This works as a stand-alone but I think familiarity with past events would have added to my enjoyment.It’s hard to know which crackles with energy more, the various explosions and fires or their chemistry. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal. And so, after quite a few runs up on the fells where I do my best thinking, the Dales Detective Series was born.