Date with Malice

Date with Malice

Published

September 2017

Publishers

UK
Macmillan
US
St. Martin's Press
Denmark
People's Press
Estonia
Eesti Raamat
Finland
Gummerus
France
Laffont
Italy
Neri Pozza
Sweden
Printz Publishing
The Netherlands
Luitingh-Sijthoff
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. One that will require him to regain the trust of the Dales community he turned his back on so long ago. Faced with no choice, he enlists the help of a local – the tempestuous Delilah Metcalfe.

Against the backdrop of a Yorkshire winter, Samson and Delilah must work together once again if they are to uncover the malevolence threatening the elderly residents of Bruncliffe. Could the danger be perilously close to home?