Displeasure Island

<b>Alice Bell</b> 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.<br><br> She is the deputy editor of <i>Rock Paper Shotgun</i> a popular PC gaming website and in 2019 she was named one of the 100 most influential women in the UK games industry.<br><br> 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 <i>Midsomer Murders</i> than is sensible. Her debut novel <i>Grave Expectations</i> was selected for the BBC Radio 2 Book Club. <i>Displeasure Island</i> is her second novel. <b>A <i>GRAVE EXPECTATIONS</i> MYSTERY</b><br><b></b><br><b>'Warm smart and laugh-out-loud funny' Andrea Mara</b><br><b></b><br><b>'Alice Bell writes with real verve' Janice Hallett</b><br><br><b>'There are apparently a lot of ghosts on Spike Island' said Basher. 'So perhaps one more can't hurt.'</b><br><b>Claire sighed and looked at Sophie. She was standing in the sunlight beaming through the windows so she was washed out and almost see-through - but still very clearly sticking her tongue out at Claire. 'Oh' said Claire 'I think you'd be surprised.'</b><br><br>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.<br><br> 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? <b>The delightful follow-up to <i>Grave Expectations</i>. Another playful contemporary cosy mystery perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Ben Aaronovitch.</b> <b>Warm smart and laugh-out-loud funny</b> Alice Bell has done it again - an absolute joy Claire and Sophie are both hilarious and gut-wrenching often in the same sentence and once again Alice Bell has ghosted up <b>a brilliantly puzzling murder. I loved it</b> <b>Fast funny and furious this book has bags of humour bags of heart and a proper murder mystery at its core... Bell is one to watch.</b> <b>A delicious mashup of grisly murder country house and semi-helpful ghosts...</b> <b>it's a lot of fun. </b> <b>Read this fabulous book - you will not regret it.</b> <b><i>Knives Out</i> vibes with added ghosts. Fresh funny and hugely enjoyable</b> <b>Funny fast sharp original and addictive</b> <b>Warm smart and laugh-out-loud funny</b> Alice Bell has done it again - an absolute joy <b>Delightful.</b> The mystery trips you up every ten pages the characters feel like mates and it's <b>effortlessly funny</b> - which is so hard to do.<b> I adored this. It deserves to be enormous!</b> Claire and Sophie are both hilarious and gut-wrenching often in the same sentence and once again Alice Bell has ghosted up <b>a brilliantly puzzling murder. I loved it</b> A cracking romp of a read! An engaging and satisfying murder mystery - <b>Agatha Christie meets <i>Ghosts</i></b> <b>A deliciously fresh take on the classic locked room mystery</b> - fast funny and furiously brilliant Alice's voice jumps off the page <b>A wonderful hilarious mix of ghost story murder mystery </b>and an all-too-relatable main character anxiety spiral. I laughed a lot. <b>A hilarious warm and clever mystery</b>. Fair warning - do not attempt to read this on the bus as you will alarm members of the public when you start snorting with laughter and cannot stop. A complete pleasure to read full of <b>witty writing loveable characters and page-turning twists</b> <b>Fast funny and furious this book has bags of humour bags of heart and a proper murder mystery at its core... Bell is one to watch.</b> <b>A delicious mashup of grisly murder country house and semi-helpful ghosts...</b> <b>it's a lot of fun. </b> <b>Read this fabulous book - you will not regret it.</b>