Date with Deceit is the sixth in the Dales Detective Series by Julia Chapman. As expected it is well written and kept me up far into the night ... however ... it's also my least favorite at the moment because what is in the title ... 'deceit' ... is what happens and that is sad! The wife of the mayor comes to the detectives to see if her husband is having an affair. There are 'deals' going on that aren't what they seem, some involving land. Many of the story lines started in earlier books come to a head here, too.

I decided to partner The Otley Murders, one of the Yorkshire Murder Mystery series by J.R. Ellis with the above book because both deal with grim subjects. Well written, it will keep you reading, but it's a sad part of history concerning orphans/children's homes and the people who were there to take care of them. A dangerous criminal has managed to escape, one who threatened DCI Oldroyd ten years ago. Then, bodies start appearing ... bodies that are staged and with a message written on their foreheads. How is everything connected?

Reading Hermit With Dog