Dales Detective Agency
10 books in seriesDate with Death Summary
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Book 1
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Date with Death
- Dales Detective Agency, Book 1
- By: Julia Chapman
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Bower
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Samson O'Brien has been dismissed from the police force and returns to his hometown of Bruncliffe in the Yorkshire Dales to set up the Dales Detective Agency while he fights to clear his name. However, the people of Bruncliffe aren't that welcoming to a man they see as trouble. Delilah Metcalfe, meanwhile, is struggling to keep her business, the Dales Dating Agency, afloat - as well as trying to control her wayward Weimaraner dog, Tolpuddle. Then when Samson gets his first case, investigating the supposed suicide of a local man, things take an unexpected turn.
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Brilliantly performed rather different story line
- By Roger Catto on 11-09-18
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Date with Death
- Dales Detective Agency, Book 1
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Bower
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 09-03-17
- Language: English
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Book 2
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Date with Malice
- Dales Detective Agency, Book 2
- By: Julia Chapman
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Bower
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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It's dark in the Dales this winter.... When Mrs Shepherd arrives at the Dales Detective Agency on a December morning, quite convinced that someone is trying to kill her, Samson O'Brien dismisses her fears as the ramblings of a confused elderly lady. But after a series of disturbing incidents at Fellside Court retirement home, he begins to wonder if there is something to her claims after all.... With Christmas around the corner, Samson is thrown into a complex investigation.
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Addictive
- By MRS L MARTIN on 09-03-23
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Date with Malice
- Dales Detective Agency, Book 2
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Bower
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 19-10-17
- Language: English
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Book 3
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Date with Mystery
- Dales Detective Agency, Book 3
- By: Julia Chapman
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Bower
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Detective Samson O'Brien is ready to settle down to a nice cup of tea, but it's not long before he's called on for help with a new case. In order to execute a recent will, solicitor Matty Thistlethwaite requires a copy of a death certificate for a young woman who died when Samson was a child. It should be straightforward, but things in Bruncliffe rarely are. Particularly when Matty insists that Delilah Metcalfe, with her wealth of local knowledge, works alongside Samson on the sensitive investigation.
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propelled through the story with what happens next
- By Gillian knox on 19-04-18
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Date with Mystery
- Dales Detective Agency, Book 3
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Bower
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 22-03-18
- Language: English
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Book 4
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Date with Poison
- Dales Detective Agency, Book 4
- By: Julia Chapman
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Bower
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
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Date with Poison is the brilliant fourth novel in Julia Chapman's Dales Detective Agency series and is perfect of fans of M C Beaton's Agatha Raisin series and Gervase Phinn. A young teenager has gone missing. Can Samson O'Brien and Delilah Metcalfe find him? Spring is in the air in Bruncliffe. But not everyone is filled with the joys of the season. Implicated in the murder of a man in Leeds, the Dales Detective Agency’s Samson O’Brien is facing tough questions from the police....
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Fantastic
- By Susi Moffat on 16-12-20
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Date with Poison
- Dales Detective Agency, Book 4
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Bower
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 27-06-19
- Language: English
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Book 5
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Date with Danger
- Dales Detectives Agency, Book 5
- By: Julia Chapman
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Bower
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
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A fatal accident at Bruncliffe’s livestock auction mart leads to a call for detectives Samson O’Brien and Delilah Metcalfe. What starts as a simple health-and-safety investigation soon takes a sinister turn when they discover evidence that suggests murder. Clive Knowles approaches them for help – his sheep are being threatened by the gang of rustlers that is plaguing the Dales. Meanwhile, poacher Pete Ferris has also decided to play his hand, setting in motion a blackmail plot which will ensure Samson is pulled back into trouble with his nemesis Rick Procter.
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Just gets better!
- By Maureen A. Crowley on 26-06-24
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Date with Danger
- Dales Detectives Agency, Book 5
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Bower
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 02-04-20
- Language: English
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Book 6
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Date with Deceit
- Dales Detective Agency, Book 6
- By: Julia Chapman
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Bower
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
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A woman in tears in the Dales Detective Agency is never the best way to start the week. But when that woman is the wife of Bernard Taylor, town mayor and eminent businessman, there is even more cause for alarm. So when Nancy Taylor asks the detectives to investigate whether her husband is having an affair, Samson O’Brien and Delilah Metcalfe know they will have to tread carefully. The case, however, proves to be more complex than even they had imagined.
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Still on top form.
- By Tricky Vicky on 13-04-21
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Date with Deceit
- Dales Detective Agency, Book 6
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Bower
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 01-04-21
- Language: English
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Book 7
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Date with Betrayal
- Dales Detective Agency, Book 7
- By: Julia Chapman
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Bower
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Death is coming to Bruncliffe; its target is Samson O’Brien. Oblivious to his impending date with fate, Samson is busy juggling a number of cases at the Dales Detective Agency. Too busy, in fact, to notice his partner behaving oddly. Because Delilah Metcalfe knows what is coming. A hitman. Sent from London with one objective: to finally silence the troublesome O’Brien before his corruption case can make it to court.
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Fast paced and brilliant!
- By Lou Lou on 31-03-22
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Date with Betrayal
- Dales Detective Agency, Book 7
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Bower
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 31-03-22
- Language: English
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Book 8
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Date with Evil
- Dales Detective Agency, Book 8
- By: Julia Chapman
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Bower
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
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From stolen washing to inheritance investigations, Bruncliffe’s Dales Detective Agency is being inundated with cases. 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. So when the mother of a local estate agent arrives at the offices insisting her son is missing, Delilah is relieved to have Samson return to help.
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finally
- By H. Koops on 20-07-24
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Date with Evil
- Dales Detective Agency, Book 8
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Bower
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 13-04-23
- Language: English
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Book 9
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Date with Justice
- Dales Detective Agency, Book 9
- By: Julia Chapman
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Bower
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
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The Dales Detective Agency is on the brink of closure. Samson O’Brien has returned to his position as an undercover operative for the Met in London, and his relationship with Delilah is under pressure. Their troubles are only multiplied when an ecologist is found dead and the finger of blame is pointed firmly at Delilah’s older brother, Will Metcalfe. It seems an open and shut case. An argument over an ecology report for planning permission which got out of hand, with Will known to have a hot temper. But Delilah won’t accept he’s guilty and neither will Samson.
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excellent story
- By Crochet Queen on 10-08-24
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Date with Justice
- Dales Detective Agency, Book 9
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Bower
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 04-04-24
- Language: English
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Book 10
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Date with Destiny
- The Dales Detective Series
- By: Julia Chapman
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Bower
- Length: 12 hrs
- Unabridged
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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 murder at Fellside Court and, as a friend comes under suspicion, Samson and Delilah must set aside their personal problems to catch a killer.
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Date with Destiny
- The Dales Detective Series
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Bower
- Length: 12 hrs
- Release date: 27-03-25
- Language: English
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