{"title":"Alice Bell","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlice Bell\u003c\/strong\u003e weaves compelling narratives that span the realms of \u003cem\u003eCrime \u0026amp; Thriller\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eScience \u0026amp; Nature\u003c\/em\u003e. Her stories combine gripping suspense with thoughtful exploration of scientific themes, creating a unique blend that captivates both mystery lovers and readers curious about the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the tense intrigue of titles like \u003cem\u003eDispleasure Island\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGrave Expectations\u003c\/em\u003e to the insightful investigations found in \u003cem\u003eOur Biggest Experiment\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Grapples of Wrath\u003c\/em\u003e, Bell's work challenges and entertains with equal measure, inviting readers into worlds where human nature and scientific discovery collide.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"grave-expectations-by-alice-bell-9781838958428","title":"Grave Expectations","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA KINDLE TOP 5 BESTSELLER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Fast, funny and furious, this book has bags of humour, bags of heart and a proper murder mystery at its core'\u003c\/em\u003e Janice Hallett\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGrave Expectations\u003c\/em\u003e by Alice Bell is centred around Claire and Sophie, who aren't your typical murder investigators...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTeaming 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTogether 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46530864283884,"sku":"9781838958428","price":23.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/20569103482842.jpg?v=1749266224"},{"product_id":"displeasure-island-by-alice-bell-9781838958442","title":"Displeasure Island","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWarm, smart and laugh-out-loud funny\u003c\/em\u003e - Andrea Mara\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDelightful\u003c\/em\u003e - Stuart Turton\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlice Bell writes with real verve\u003c\/em\u003e - Janice Hallett\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eProfessional 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46549100921068,"sku":"9781838958442","price":34.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/20569243482842.jpg?v=1749881468"},{"product_id":"our-biggest-experiment-by-alice-bell-9781472974785","title":"Our Biggest Experiment","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe history of climate change research – how the world became addicted to fossil fuels, how we discovered that electricity may be our saviour, and how renewable energy is far from a 20th-century discovery.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDid you know the link between carbon dioxide and global warming was first suggested in the 1850s? Climate change books are usually about the future, but \u003cem\u003eOur Biggest Experiment\u003c\/em\u003e instead asks how did we get into this mess, and how and when did we work out it was happening? Join Alice Bell on a rip-roaring ride through the characters, ideas, technologies, and experiments that shaped the climate crisis we now find ourselves in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom an emerging idea of ‘greenhouse gases’ in the 19th century and, via scientific expeditions across oceans and ice caps and into space, the coining of the term ‘global warming’ in the 1970s, Bell explores how we began to realise that not only could human pollution dangerously warm the climate, but that it was already doing so. Drop by the first climate talks, weather forecasts, and early experiments. Watch excitement over solar and wind power start in the 1870s, only to be forgotten before being rediscovered a century later. See the monster of big oil slain by a plucky investigative journalist back in the 1910s, only to re-emerge more powerful than ever. However, this isn’t a simple story with exploitative fossil-fuel baddies on one side and the goodies of renewable energy, environmentalism, and climate science on the other. It’s more complex than that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs citizens of the 21st century, we’ve been left an almighty mess, but as this ultimately hopeful book argues, we’ve also inherited the tools for our survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46833405624556,"sku":"9781472974785","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11885373482712.jpg?v=1758455649"},{"product_id":"the-grapples-of-wrath-by-alice-bell-9781805463436","title":"The Grapples of Wrath","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe unputdownable cosy crime mystery set in Brighton about pro-wrestling, ghosts and much murder\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e______________________________\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Come for the spooky humour, stay for the satisfying twists'\u003c\/em\u003e — Kristen Perrin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Alice Bell writes with real verve'\u003c\/em\u003e — Janice Hallett\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Agatha Christie meets Ghosts'\u003c\/em\u003e — J M Hall\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e______________________________\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHIS MYSTERY HAS THEM IN A CHOKEHOLD...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMedium turned private investigator Claire Hendricks is excited to embark on her first official case. Pro-wrestling manager Ken King is convinced that his late father, Eddie, is haunting the gym and show venue in Brighton. Ken hires Claire to help, unaware that her ghost best friend, Sophie, comes as part of the package.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut Eddie is adamant he did not die of natural causes, and tasks Claire and Sophie with bringing his killer to justice. In the world of pro-wrestling, can they work out what's real, who's faking and unmask the killer once and for all?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e___________________________\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReaders love the \u003cem\u003eGrave Expectations\u003c\/em\u003e series...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Brilliantly funny!'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Witty and smart'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Cosy without being twee'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Loved every minute'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Loads of clever twists'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47496573092076,"sku":"9781805463436","price":45.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781805463436-the-grapples-of-wrath.jpg?v=1775799303"},{"product_id":"the-grapples-of-wrath-by-alice-bell-9781805463443","title":"The Grapples of Wrath","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe unputdownable cosy crime mystery set in Brighton about pro-wrestling, ghosts and much murder\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Come for the spooky humour, stay for the satisfying twists' Kristen Perrin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Alice Bell writes with real verve' Janice Hallett\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Agatha Christie meets Ghosts' J M Hall\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHIS MYSTERY HAS THEM IN A CHOKEHOLD...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMedium turned private investigator Claire Hendricks is excited to embark on her first official case. Pro-wrestling manager Ken King is convinced that his late father, Eddie, is haunting the gym and show venue in Brighton. Ken hires Claire to help, unaware that her ghost best friend, Sophie, comes as part of the package. But Eddie is adamant he did not die of natural causes, and tasks Claire and Sophie with bringing his killer to justice. In the world of pro-wrestling, can they work out what's real, who's faking and unmask the killer once and for all?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReaders love the \u003ci\u003eGrave Expectations\u003c\/i\u003e series...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Brilliantly funny!'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Witty and smart'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Cosy without being twee'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Loved every minute'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Loads of clever twists'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47496573223148,"sku":"9781805463443","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781805463443-the-grapples-of-wrath.jpg?v=1775799314"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/alice-bell.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}