Date with Malice

Bags of Yorkshire charm and wit * The Northern Echo * A Yorkshire Agatha Raisin * The Dalesman * This second in the Dales Detective Series has Chapman well into her stride. With her eye for detail, we feel the chill of a Yorkshire deep midwinter, while taking comfort from the warmth of a close-knit community * Daily Mail * Chapman delivers on every level in this intriguing murder mystery . . . a big helping of recognizable small-town life, a suitably menacing air of malevolence, an undercurrent of suspense, lashings of Yorkshire wit and a seductively simmering relationship between handsome Sansom and the delightful Delilah * Lancashire Evening Post * Great fun -- Carol Drinkwater, actress (<i>All Creatures Great and Small</i> and author of <i>The Olive Farm</i>) An engaging cast of characters and a cleverly clued puzzle move Chapmans debut to the top of the English village murder list * Kirkus * As village murder mysteries go, this clever, witty and realistic series is quite out of the ordinary and strongly recommended * Crime Review * A classic whodunnit featuring two very likeable characters . . . A satisfying read riddled with dry Yorkshire humour (and dry-stone walls) -- Cath Staincliffe, author of <i>Blue Murder</i> Nicely told and rather charming, so it should give traditionalists hours of innocent delight * Literary Review *

Julia Chapman is the pseudonym of Julia Stagg, theauthor of the Fogas Chronicles set in the French Pyrenees. She is also the author of the Dales Detective series which follows the adventures of Samson OBrien and Delilah Metcalfe as they solve cases in the Yorkshire Dales. Born with a wanderlust that keeps her moving, Julia has followed her restless feet to Japan, Australia, the USA and France. She spent the majority of that time as a teacher of English as a Foreign Language but also dabbled in bookselling, pawnbroking, waitressing and was once checkout chick of the month at a supermarket in South Australia. She also ran an auberge in the French Pyrenees for six years with her husband. Having spent many years wandering, she is now glad to call the Yorkshire Dales home. Its distinctive landscape and way of life provide the setting for her latest set of novels, the Dales Detective series.