{"product_id":"the-stranger-times-the-stranger-times-1-9780552177344","title":"The Stranger Times: (The Stranger Times 1)","description":"\u003cb\u003e'Wonderfully dark, extremely funny' \u003c\/b\u003eproclaimed ADAM KAY, author of the No.1 bestselling \u003ci\u003eThis is Going to Hurt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A filmic romp with great characters, a jet-propelled plot, and a winning premise' \u003c\/b\u003esaid the \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJASON MANFORD thinks it's \u003cb\u003e'Hilarious. You'll never look at Manchester the same way again.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Chronicles of St Mary's\u003c\/i\u003e series author JODI TAYLOR declared\u003cb\u003e 'I loved this . . . great premise - great story - great characters . . . hugely enjoyable.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e called it \u003cb\u003e'ripping entertainment from start to finish.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere are dark forces at work in our world (and in Manchester in particular), so thank God \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger Times\u003c\/i\u003e is on hand to report them . . . \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA weekly newspaper dedicated to the weird and the wonderful (but mostly the weird), it is the go-to publication for the unexplained and inexplicable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt least that's their pitch. The reality is rather less auspicious. Their editor is a drunken, foul-tempered and foul-mouthed husk of a man who thinks little of the publication he edits. His staff are a ragtag group of misfits. And as for the assistant editor . . . well, that job is a revolving door - and it has just revolved to reveal Hannah Willis, who's got problems of her own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen tragedy strikes in her first week on the job \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger Times\u003c\/i\u003e is forced to do some serious investigating. What they discover leads to a shocking realisation: some of the stories they'd previously dismissed as nonsense are in fact terrifyingly real. Soon they come face-to-face with darker forces than they could ever have imagined. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger Times\u003c\/i\u003e is the first novel from C.K. McDonnell, the pen name of Caimh McDonnell. It combines his distinctive dark wit with his love of the weird and wonderful to deliver a joyous celebration of how truth really can be stranger than fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReaders love\u003ci\u003e The Stranger Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e***** 'A delight from start to finish - laugh out loud funny yet with plenty of thrills.'\u003cbr\u003e***** 'Full of wit and humour, and knows how to keep the reader hooked.'\u003cbr\u003e***** 'You'll soon fall in love . . . fans of Pratchett, Gaiman, Aaronovich will be blown away.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-14266777\"\u003eC. K. McDonnell\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Transworld Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/22\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.72h x 5.04w x 1.26d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780552177344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0552177342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC009010\"\u003eFantasy | Contemporary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC031010\"\u003eThrillers | Crime\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC009080\"\u003eFantasy | Humorous\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in Limerick and raised in Dublin, C K (Caimh) McDonnell is a former stand-up comedian and TV writer. He performed all around the world, had several well-received Edinburgh shows and supported acts such as Sarah Millican on tour before hanging up his clowning shoes to concentrate on writing. He has also written for numerous TV shows and been nominated for a Kid's TV BAFTA.\u003cbr\u003eHis debut novel, \u003ci\u003eA Man With One of Those Faces\u003c\/i\u003e - a comic crime novel - was published in 2016 and spawned \u003ci\u003eThe Dublin Trilog\u003c\/i\u003ey books and the spin-off \u003ci\u003eMcGarry Stateside\u003c\/i\u003e series. They have been Amazon bestsellers on both sides of the Atlantic.\u003cbr\u003eC. K. McDonnell lives in Manchester. 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