Date with Evil: A delightfully witty and charming mystery set in the Yorkshire Dales perfect for fans of Agatha Raisin and The Thursday Murder Club (The Dales Detective Series Book 8)

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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.

Delilah croule sous les affaires pendant que Samson est à Londres, suite aux évènements du tome précédent. Les personnages et les intrigues sont bien développés, on s'attache à ce village et à ses habitants.It feels like a warm bath and coming home, but also quite a dark, intriguing mystery that seamlessly blends in cases like missing buckets and stoles laundry with some serious harrowing storylines.

All of the elements of a standard cosy crime novel are present in this latest instalment of the Dales Detective. and murder, has become a go to for me for reading slump rescue recommendations, reading clubs, and just getting out of the doldrums in general, and this was to be a culmination of so many different story threads, and Julia Chapman did it! No doubt frightening and worrying if this were real life - but not super enticing in terms of fictional plot. It's cleverly written, with various POVs and the different strands of the story being slowly but steadily woven together. My goodness I was racing through the pages to find out what happened/who did what/ who would survive.We left the town at the end of the last instalment with Samson’s name cleared and (nearly) everyone safe after the entire town was involved in a showdown with corrupt coppers, eastern European mafia and money launderers. Nevertheless, this makes for an easy read and definitely had me on the edge of my seat towards the end. A son retour, ils doivent résoudre plusieurs enquêtes, du vol de vêtements à la disparition d'un jeune homme. It’s book eight of the series so Julia dispenses with most of the backstories that some authors would use to pad out their stories.

The author does a fabulous job in drawing all the characters and the settings and if Bruncliffe was a real place I would definitely want to visit.

I'm also so glad the publishers have stuck with Yorkshire's own Emily Sutton as the cover artist, her style is a perfect fit for these stories, whimsical, cosy, and full of love for the dales, great choice! No bad language, sex scenes or violence that is graphic, just implied so books are suitable for all. PAF, on laisse tous les attachants personnages de Bruncliffe avec une suite que nous aurons imaginé. Overall I think this is totally worth it, it has all the cozy vibes one could want, characters that are fun and with depth, a dog that is the most lovable thing, a slight romantic touch and a lot of mystery.