TY - BOOK AU - Chapman,Julia TI - Date with malice T2 - Dales detective SN - 9781785416491 PY - 2020/// CY - Leicester PB - Thorpe, Isis KW - Retirement communities KW - Fiction KW - Older people KW - Crimes against KW - Private investigators KW - Yorkshire Dales (England) KW - Large type books KW - Detective and mystery stories N1 - Adult N2 - 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. Soon 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, they must work together once again if they are to uncover the malevolence threatening the elderly residents of Bruncliffe ER -