Date with Poison

<p><b>Poisoned pooches and a missing teenager bring our detective duo back together in <i>Date with Poison</i> the fourth cosy crime novel in Julia Chapman's Dales Detective Agency series. Perfect for fans of Richard Osman's <i>The Thursday Murder Club</i> and M.C. Beaton's Agatha Raisin series.</b><br><br>Spring is in the air in the Yorkshire Dales, but not everyone is filled with the joys of the season.<br><br>Samson O’Brien of the Dales Detective Agency is being questioned by police about a murder, with the truth about his policing past about to be brutally exposed.<br><br>Delilah Metcalfe is busy defending Samson to everyone in Bruncliffe, when her nephew runs away from home and a frantic search begins. And with attention elsewhere, only a local vet is paying attention to a worrying spate of canine poisonings happening throughout the village.<br><br>Bruncliffe is turning toxi