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Displeasure Island

Emma — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

‘Warm, smart and laugh-out-loud funny’ Andrea Mara’Delightful’ Stuart Turton’Alice Bell writes with real verve’ Janice HallettGroup holidays are always murder…An unfinished wellness retreat was not Claire’s first choice of holiday destination, but it turns out that amateur murder investigation pays even less well than professional mediumship.So Claire, her oldest friend Sophie (a 17-year-old ghost) and their new friends, Basher and Alex, head for Spike Island (off the coast of Ireland) for some R&R. But when one of the other guests turns up dead, Claire finds herself the chief suspect. Can she solve the murder, clear her name and escape the group holiday from hell before it becomes permanent incarceration?

Displeasure island

Emma — Thu, 02 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

‘Warm, smart and laugh-out-loud funny’ Andrea Mara’Delightful’ Stuart Turton’Alice Bell writes with real verve’ Janice HallettProfessional 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?

Grave expectations

Emma — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICKA 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 HallettClaire and Sophie aren’t your typical murder investigators . . .When 30-something freelance medium Claire Hendricks is invited to an old university friend’s country pile to provide entertainment for a family party, her best friend Sophie tags along. In fact, Sophie rarely leaves Claire’s side, because she’s been haunting her ever since she was murdered at the age of seventeen.On arrival at The Cloisters it quickly becomes clear that this family is hiding more than just the good china, as Claire learns someone has recently met an untimely end at the house. Teaming up with the least unbearable members of the Wellington-Forge family – depressive ex-cop Basher and teenage radical Alex – Claire and Sophie determine to figure out not just whodunnit, but who they killed, why and when.Together they must race against incompetence to find the murderer – before the murderer finds them… in this funny, modern, media-literate mystery for the My Favourite Murder generation.’Read this fabulous book’ Ben Aaronovitch’A delicious mashup of grisly murder, country house and semi-helpful ghosts’ Stuart MacBride’Fresh, funny and hugely enjoyable’ Catherine Ryan Howard

Grave expectations

Emma — Thu, 04 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK’Fast, funny and furious, this book has bags of humour, bags of heart and a proper murder mystery at its core’ Janice HallettClaire and Sophie aren’t your typical murder investigators . . .When 30-something freelance medium Claire Hendricks is invited to an old university friend’s country pile to provide entertainment for a family party, her best friend Sophie tags along. In fact, Sophie rarely leaves Claire’s side, because she’s been haunting her ever since she was murdered at the age of seventeen.On arrival at The Cloisters it quickly becomes clear that this family is hiding more than just the good china, as Claire learns someone has recently met an untimely end at the house. Teaming up with the least unbearable members of the Wellington-Forge family – depressive ex-cop Basher and teenage radical Alex – Claire and Sophie determine to figure out not just whodunnit, but who they killed, why and when.Together they must race against incompetence to find the murderer – before the murderer finds them… in this funny, modern, media-literate mystery for the My Favourite Murder generation.