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Anita Bell Anita Bell i(A66927 works by) (a.k.a. A. A. Bell)
Born: Established: 1967 ;
Gender: Female
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1 1 y separately published work icon Leopard Dreaming Anita Bell , Sydney : Voyager , 2012 Z1891458 2012 single work novel fantasy mystery 'Mira Chambers has an infallible talent for solving mysteries ... but using it always gets her into worse trouble.

'Having spent half her life in asylums, Mira discovers a sense of self-worth, finally, in helping victims of crime. When the matron who helped Mira to regain her independence is abducted, she attempts to save her with the help of ex-army lieutenant, Adam Lockman. But Freddie Leopard, a dangerous sociopath, tries to destroy Lockman′s reputation... and Mira.

'Cut off and alone for the first time in her life, Mira is swept into a world of conspiracies and betrayals, where her dream of achieving a normal life is constantly thwarted by the far darker desires of her enemies.

'Layers of secrets unravel as her world falls apart - until the ultimate sacrifice presents a chance to save her friend and revisit her lost love in the "echoes of yesterday."' (From the publisher's website.)
1 1 y separately published work icon Hindsight Anita Bell , Pymble : Voyager , 2011 Z1785227 2011 single work novel fantasy mystery 'Mira Chambers has an infallible gift for solving mysteries … but using it comes with a price. Determined to regain her independence after ten years in orphanages and asylums, Mira leaps at the chance to help her friend, Bennet Chiron, an enigmatic ex-con who risked his life to save hers. Mira plans to investigate the murder-robbery that put him behind bars for six years, in the hope of clearing his name. But people are turning up dead under bizarre circumstances, and Mira discovers that she’s being hunted by two old adversaries. Layers of secrets are about to be ripped apart … is Mira the only one with a steep price to pay?' Source: http://content.boomerangbooks.com.au (Sighted 13/06/2011).
1 y separately published work icon Mira Chambers Trilogy Anita Bell , 2010 Sydney : Voyager , 2010-2012 Z1891461 2010 series - author novel fantasy mystery

A trilogy of novels that begin with Mira Grant, blind, orphaned, traumatised, and institutionalised, and follow her attempts to regain her independence and forge a career investigating mysteries, with the aid of her mysterious ability to see into the past.
1 y separately published work icon Diamond Eyes Anita Bell , Pymble : Voyager , 2010 Z1754770 2010 single work novel fantasy mystery

Orphaned as a child after the bizarre deaths of her parents, Mira is a carrier of the Fragile-X gene. Institutionalised in the Serenity Centre, a sanctuary for adults with disabilities, she can see the past but cannot see her real surroundings. When two medical specialists arrive to do a survey, there is a murder and Mira is the only witness.
1 Killer Smile Anita Bell , 2009 single work short story detective
— Appears in: How Do I Love Thee? Stories to Stir the Heart 2009; (p. 1-40)
1 3 y separately published work icon Project Apocalypse Anita Bell , Milsons Point : Random House Australia , 2006 Z1317886 2006 single work novel young adult
1 Marom Anita Bell , 2005 single work children's fiction
— Appears in: Stories for Eight Year Olds 2005; (p. 65)
1 1 y separately published work icon Hunt the Hunters Anita Bell , Milsons Point : Random House Australia , 2004 Z1144859 2004 single work novel young adult adventure

'Nobody blackmails Kirby MacLeod . . . and gets away with it.

'You've just earned half a million dollars. You've outwitted police, search parties and graffiti vandals to do it. Now all you want is to get back to school and back to your normal life. But when your name is Kirby MacLeod, there's no such thing as "normal".

'Hot on the heels of their last mission, Kirby, Scott and Dee find themselves stalked through schoolyards, horse paddocks and cyberspace by a dangerous opponent who will stop at nothing to get his hands on their money - not even poison and blackmail. And when someone in Kirby's team starts plotting to betray her, Kirby must put Rule 1 of Success to the test: Protect your assets. Enemies can be anywhere.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 3 y separately published work icon Tagged by Dead Dogs Anita Bell , Milsons Point : Random House Australia , 2003 Z1038637 2003 single work novel young adult adventure

'Meet Kirby MacLeod, fourteen years old and a magnet for trouble. She's on a mission to to earn her independence – and a whole heap of money – before she leaves high school. She knows how, she knows where. She just has to figure out how to do it before someone else beats her to it.

'The Great Southern Pacific Express is one of Australia's few remaining trains to avoid tagging by graffiti artists. And it's sitting in Kirby's town that night, parked in a train stabling area. Underground magazines have placed a bounty of nearly half a million dollars on its hide for the tagger who can prove they got to it first.

'Kirby thinks she has a plan that will win her the bounty and still leave the train in pristine condition. But first she has to get past the guards, the dogs, the barbed wire and the high-tech security cameras – not to mention any real graffiti vandals who might be after the bounty too.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 y separately published work icon Kirby's Crusaders Anita Bell , Milsons Point : Random House Australia , 2003-2004 8451095 2003 series - author novel young adult adventure
1 Committing Yourself to Writing Anita Bell , 2002 single work column
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , September no. 111 2002; (p. 16-17)
1 7 y separately published work icon Crystal Coffin Anita Bell , Milsons Point : Random House , 2001 Z947902 2001 single work novel crime young adult 'Aaron Fletcher: a wannabe international crime lord who has faked the suicides of two Queensland farmers so he can use their secluded properties to set up an international art forgery ring. Jayson Locklin-Macleod: the suspicious son of one of the murdered farmers . . . and a nineteen-year-old Australian solider who has just returned from a covert mission in East Timor. Jayson is seeking justice for his father, and he's prepared to use all his military training and combat experience to secure it. Nikki Dumakis: the heir to a fortune that Aaron Fletcher thinks is his . . . and a young and vulnerable girl who may or may not be on Jayson's side. The crystal coffin: a priceless jewellery box, a gift to Nikki from her dead mother, and the vital clue in proving who is innocent . . . and who is guilty'. (Source: publisher's website.)
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