Date with Destiny

A Charming Cosy Crime Read Packed With Yorkshire Humour

By: Julia Chapman

Narrated by: Elizabeth Bower

Don't miss the final instalment in the Dales Detective series!

'A rollicking tale of everyday crime life among rural folk' - Daily Mail

From death to danger and malice to mystery, Samson and Delilah have weathered many storms. Finally, things should be going smoothly. Except life’s never that simple in Bruncliffe, is it?

As the couple are beset with worries about their upcoming wedding, a charismatic celebrity comes knocking on the Dales Detective Agency’s door, seeking their services. Samson is initially reluctant to help, for many reasons. But things quickly escalate following a shocking murder at Fellside Court and, as a friend comes under suspicion, Samson and Delilah must set aside their personal problems to catch a killer.

In a case that will bring so many of Bruncliffe’s secrets out into the open, this final investigation for the Dales Detectives may be the one that breaks them for ever . . .

Date with Destiny is the final instalment in Julia Chapman's much-loved Dales Detective series set in Yorkshire.

Praise for The Dales Detective series:

'Enlivened with numerous subplots, the story moves at a cracking pace' – Daily Mail

'Bags of Yorkshire charm and wit' – Northern Echo

'A classic whodunnit' – Cath Staincliffe, author of Blue Murder

'Full of dry wit and clever plotting' – Countryside

'Chapman delivers on every level' – Lancashire Evening Post

‘As village murder mysteries go, this clever, witty and realistic series is quite out of the ordinary and strongly recommended’ – Crime Review

Critic reviews

Cosy and twisty

If book series are for you, make sure to catch Date with Destiny by Julia Chapman (Pan). Sob, it's the last in the Dales Detective Series and for fans, it's a good 'un.

Moving her story along at a cracking pace, Chapman has an enviable talent for sharing the ups and downs of country life. Fans of The Archers will lap it up (Daily Mail on Date with Justice)

Bags of Northern charm and wit

Beautifully written whodunnit with fabulous Yorkshire characters, winding love affairs, sheep, murder and mugs of tea, set against the background of the Dales (The Times on Date with Death)

On her way to literary pastures new Julia Chapman rounds off her Dales Detective series with this rollicking tale of everyday crime life among rural folk

Not the best of the DDA series

The wrap-up of the Samson & Delilah story was handled nicely in the Epilogue. Unfortunately I found the preceding 39 chapters to be slightly disappointing. The bar was set high in the previous 9 books, and this book just did not have the level of suspense or surprises or drama I saw in the previous books. The eventual explanation of how the murder was committed and planned was confusing and unsatisfactory. As usual the narrator was fantastic though!