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 is also the author of the Dales Detective series which follows the adventures of Samson O'Brien and Delilah Metcalfe as they solve cases in the Yorkshire Dales. Having spent many years wandering, she is now glad to call the Yorkshire Dales home. Its distinctive landscape and way of life provide the setting for her latest set of novels, the Dales Detective series.
Bags of Yorkshire charm and wit * The Northern Echo * A delightful read * The Dalesman * A classic whodunit set in the spectacular landscape of the Yorkshire Dales, written with affection for the area and its people. A satisfying read riddled with dry Yorkshire humour (and dry-stone walls) -- <span>Cath Staincliffe, author of </span><i>The Silence Between Breaths</i> Great fun! -- Carol Drinkwater The barbed electricity flowing between the two central protagonists . . . bring fire and drive to the narrative * The Yorkshire Times *