A Death in the Dales by Frances Brody

A Death in the Dales by Frances Brody

An intricate plot set in the 1920s English countryside and Frances Brody's refreshingly complex heroine (Kirkus) Kate Shackleton make A Death in the Dales an absorbing 7th installment in this traditional British cozy mystery.

A murder most foul

When the landlord of a Yorkshire tavern is killed in plain sight, Freda Simonson, the only witness to the crime, becomes plagued with guilt, believing the wrong man has been convicted. Following her death, it seems that the truth will never be uncovered in the peaceful village of Langcliffe.

A village of secrets

But it just so happens that Freda's nephew is courting the renowned amateur sleuth Kate Shackleton, who decides to holiday in Langcliffe with her indomitable teenage niece, Harriet. When Harriet strikes up a friendship with a local girl whose young brother is missing, the search leads Kate to uncover another suspicious death, not to mention an illicit affair.

The case of a lifetime

As the present mysteries merge with the past's mistakes, Kate is thrust into the secrets that Freda left behind and realizes that this courageous woman has entrusted her with solving a murder from beyond the grave. It soon becomes clear to her that nothing in Langcliffe is quite as it appears, and with a murderer on the loose and an ever-growing roster of suspects, this isn't the holiday Kate was expecting.

Frances Brody's Kate Shackleton returns in A Death in the Dales with another mystery that's sure to hold the reader attention and make them continue reading into the small hours of the night (York Press, UK).

FRANCES BRODY is a writer who lives in Leeds, England. She authored historical sagas before turning to crime with Dying in the Wool, the first novel in the Kate Shackleton series, for which she won the HarperCollins Elizabeth Elgin award for most regionally evocative debut saga of the millennium. Death at the Seaside, A Death in the Dales, and Murder on a Summer's Day are some of Kate Shackleton's other mysteries.