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Date with Justice: 9 (The Dales Detective Series, 9)

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But with Samson O'Brien still in London helping the Met Police clear his name, and the newly appointed member of the investigations team, Ida Capstick, distracted by her brother George's insistence that their farm is haunted, Delilah Metcalfe is struggling to meet the mounting demands for the agency's services. Peterborough Telegraph A teenager has gone missing from Bruncliffe, can Samson O'Brien and Delilah Metcalfe find him? With Christmas around the corner, Samson is thrown into an investigation that will require all of his detective skills. The vague threat that novel ends on, presumably signposting the way for book number 9 in the series, is that the sprightly but elderly members of the local retirement complex might lose their home. Delilah and Samson are both likeable protagonists and I enjoyed the inclusion of Nina and Delilah’s nephew Nathan in the detective agency.

Samson O’Brien, who has been implicated in the murder of a man in Leeds faces some tough questions from the cops, as Delilah, his business partner, faces some criticism from her friends and family for her loyalty to the black sheep in town. J'aime d'amour les personnages, que ce soit Samson et Delilah qui font vibrer mon coeur ou tous les perso secondaires qui sont follement attachants. This works as a stand-alone but I think familiarity with past events would have added to my enjoyment. Not only is she trying to prove her promotion wasn’t nepotism, she’s also trying to juggle local politics, all while trying to catch a killer.Delilah ends up putting a lot into helping Samson and they both solve the mysteries the town brings them. a big helping of recognisable 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.

Although one of the main story lines that has run throughout the series has been resolved, you are left with the definite feeling that there is much more to come and it is eagerly awaited by this reader! The rights were acquired from Conrad Williams at Blake Friedmann on behalf of Oli Munson at AM Heath. I’m so happy I got into these cozy mysteries, they are delightful and the character development is spot on! I say latest because much reference is made to previous mayhem, which I assume was covered in earlier novels. Great pace, great finish to so many stories, this feels like it could be a very satisfying end to my time in Bruncliffe with Samson and Delilah, but I don't want it to be, and right there is a mark of the success of this 8th instalment.Je ne sais pas si c'est le dernier tome, mais l'enquête fil rouge du début est désormais résolue et je trouve ça bien qu'elle ne se soit pas trop étirée en longueur. Against the backdrop of a winter in Yorkshire, they have to work together yet again if they are going to uncover the evil that threatens the elderly residents in Bruncliffe.

However, in this case I found myself fairly lost given what was clearly extensive character backstories and plot lines that appear to have been carried over from previous books. It will be interesting to see the TV series if/when that happens, but make sure you read the books first if you can. It opens with Delilah Metcalfe of Bruncliffe’s Dales Detective Agency struggling to meet the mounting demands for the agency’s services. One of the attendees at the fatal party at Blackheath, he wakes up in the body of a different guest each morning and has to start his sleuthing all over again. They will have to put the past behind them if there is to be any business coming their way, and now with suspicious deaths, they embark on different mysteries in every book.Poisoned pooches and a missing teenager bring our detective duo back together in Date with Poison the fourth cosy crime novel in Julia Chapman's Dales Detective Agency series.

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