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Displeasure Island
Series: Grave Expectations
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Warm, smart and laugh-out-loud funny - Andrea Mara Delightful - Stuart Turton Alice Bell writes with real verve - Janice Hallett Professional medium turned detective Claire, her best friend Sophie (a 17-year-old ghost) and their pals are enjoying a much-needed cheap holiday in an unfinished hotel...
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The delightful follow-up to Grave Expectations. Another playful contemporary cosy mystery, perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Ben Aaronovitch.
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Warm, smart and laugh-out-loud funny - Andrea Mara
Delightful - Stuart Turton
Alice Bell writes with real verve - Janice Hallett
Professional medium turned detective Claire, her best friend Sophie (a 17-year-old ghost) and their pals are enjoying a much-needed cheap holiday in an unfinished hotel on Spike Island off the coast of Ireland. Claire is flattered to be asked by the local ghost of a pirate captain to investigate the theft of treasure from the shipwreck that stranded him there several hundred years ago.
But just when she thinks she is closing in on the culprit, a murder takes place, and Claire and her friends quickly become the chief suspects. Can they recover the treasure, solve the murder and clear their names before all is lost?
Series: Grave Expectations
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Displeasure Island
Warm, smart and laugh-out-loud funny - Andrea Mara Delightful - Stuart Turton Alice Bell writes with real verve - Janice Hallett Professional medium turned detective Claire, her best friend Sophie (a 17-year-old ghost) and their pals are enjoying a much-needed cheap holiday in an unfinished hotel on Spike Island off the coast of Ireland. Claire is flattered to be asked...Paperback$3400Elsewhere:$3699Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Grave Expectations
A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK A KINDLE TOP 5 BESTSELLER 'Fast, funny and furious, this book has bags of humour, bags of heart and a proper murder mystery at its core' Janice Hallett Grave Expectations by Alice Bell is centred around Claire and Sophie, who aren't your typical murder investigators... When 30-something freelance medium Claire Hendricks is invited...Paperback$2300Elsewhere:$2499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
The Grapples of Wrath
The unputdownable cosy crime mystery set in Brighton about pro-wrestling, ghosts and much murder 'Come for the spooky humour, stay for the satisfying twists' Kristen Perrin 'Alice Bell writes with real verve' Janice Hallett 'Agatha Christie meets Ghosts' J M Hall THIS MYSTERY HAS THEM IN A CHOKEHOLD... Medium turned private investigator Claire Hendricks is excited to embark on her...Paperback$3799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
The Grapples of Wrath
The unputdownable cosy crime mystery set in Brighton about pro-wrestling, ghosts and much murder ______________________________ 'Come for the spooky humour, stay for the satisfying twists' — Kristen Perrin 'Alice Bell writes with real verve' — Janice Hallett 'Agatha Christie meets Ghosts' — J M Hall ______________________________ THIS MYSTERY HAS THEM IN A CHOKEHOLD... Medium turned private investigator Claire Hendricks is...HardbackSold Out
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781838958442
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 02 May 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Corvus
Edition: Export/Airside
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 31.0mm
Width: 150.0mm
Height: 235.0mm
Weight: 525g
Pages: 416
About the Author
Alice Bell grew up in South West England, in the sort of middle-of-nowhere where teenagers spend their weekends drinking Smirnoff Ice in a field that also has at least one horse in it. She is the deputy editor of Rock Paper Shotgun, a popular PC gaming website, and in 2019 she was named one of the 100 most influential women in the UK games industry. After spending several years in London, Alice now lives in Cork in Ireland. She has probably read more detective fiction and watched more episodes of Midsomer Murders than is sensible. Her debut novel, Grave Expectations, was selected for the BBC Radio 2 Book Club. Displeasure Island is her second novel.
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