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Displeasure Island
Displeasure Island: A Mystery | Alice Bell
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In the hilarious follow-up to Grave Expectations, Claire and the gang are back, getting their timbers shivered by a mystery involving feuding ghost pirates, buried treasure, and murder... Claire Hendricks can see ghosts, but she can't see herself having a fun vacation. Yet when her new friends/found family, Basher and Alex, insist, Claire and her dead BFF, Sophie, pack themselves off to a remote Irish island. This tempest-tossed isle is indeed full of noises: not only is the hotel where the gang is staying double booked with a posh private party, the island's crumbling old fort is being fought over by rival ghost pirates. In death, as in life, they're vying over a legendary stash of loot, supposedly hidden somewhere on the island or in the surrounding rough seas... ...which, inevitably, are whipped up into a terrific storm, stranding everyoneliving and deadon the island. Claire is already fighting off anxious And Then There Were None vibes before one of the other guests turns up murdered. With Basher distracted by a handsome Irish seaman and Sophie stretching the limits of her tether to flirt with a dead pirate with dubious intentions, it's up to Claire to solve the mystery of three-hundred-year-old buried treasure and figure out who's picking off party guestsbefore the whole gang meets a grim, Agatha Christie-like fate.
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Mehso-so

The offbeat friend group from the first book consisting of reluctant medium Claire, the ghost of her forever-17-year-old murdered friend Sophie, nonbinary Alex, & gay ex-police detective Sebastian (aka Bash) go on a cheap minibreak to Spike Island, off the Irish coast. There they encounter a second group of friends on a yoga retreat who aren't particularly happy that the accommodation has been double-booked. (continued)

OutsmartYourShelf It doesn't take long for Claire to be sought out by the local ghosts, mainly two groups who are locked in a long-running pirate feud over the island & some missing treasure. Unfortunately Claire comes under suspicion when she finds the dead body of one of the other group of friends, & just when she needs her friends it seems they've deserted her - Bash is conveniently never around, Alex is making friends with the other group, 1d
OutsmartYourShelf & Sophie is falling for one of the pirate ghosts.

This was quite good but could have been better. The plot seemed to take forever to get anywhere. Although there were some genuinely funny bits (nice reference to The Princess Bride at one point), it seemed like Claire spent most of her time saying “Err“ & running away from everyone else. I really wanted her to finally stand up to people & advocate for herself.
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OutsmartYourShelf I'd probably read another one but really need some character development for Claire. 3⭐

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6587702833
Read 13th-15th Jan 2025

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