Delilah also runs the Dales Dating Agency and has an apparently hopeless case - old, set in his ways, dirty and smelly farmer Clive Knowes wants her to find him a wife.

The obvious exception is the perpetrator, who is, in melodramatic fashion, particularly evil and sociopathic. I have grown very fond of the cast of characters and the well-described locations and had been eagerly awaiting this episode.As usual, the use of strings of 'someone doing or having done something' phrases impeded the flow: a little variation in sentence structure would make the stories read even better. Julia Chapman is the pseudonym of Julia Stagg who has published five books in the Forgas Chronicles series set in the Pyranees. Julia Chapman is the pseudonym of Julia Stagg, who has had five novels, the Fogas Chronicles set in the French Pyrenees, published by Hodder. She shows Delilah a computer photo / postcard that Stuart had apparently sent her from Thailand, but he hadn't signed it with his usual couple of kisses. I have a confession to make before I start this review – I love Bruncliffe and all its inhabitants, I was itching to get back to the town.

I love the way that the author weaves all of the different strands together to create a multi-layered mystery that covers some very serious issues. Not only is one of my most anticipated books in my grasp, but it didn't disappoint, love this series even more for having this book in it! Ida Capstick, the newly appointed member of the investigations team, is distracted by her brother George’s belief that their farm is haunted. We also read of a mysterious captive, someone from Bruncliffe, only just alive, but held prisoner in some dark room. So I was curious to see if my crush with this background was tied to the adrenaline rush I had with seven books read in a little more than a month.Following on from Date with Betrayal, and coming in 2023, this new novel delights with its combination of beguiling charm and witty ingenuity. He had also become involved in a brawl at Nathan's christening - incurring the wrath of the large Metcalfe family, and they know how to bear a grudge. I thoroughly enjoyed Date with Evil, which is an amusing cosy with a sharp edge that doesn’t shy away from the worst in human nature.