Name: The Stranger Times
Rating: 4.052631578947368 (19 reviews)
ISBN: 9781787633353

Caimh McDonnell

The Stranger Times

Lilly 

Der Motor seines Wagens war laut, aber nicht auf jene aufgetunte, unerträgliche Weise, mit der sich manche Personen bemühen, massive persönliche Defizite auszugleichen. 

»Das ist immer so. Dies ist, fürchte ich, erst der Anfang gewesen. Ein kalter Wind zieht auf.« Sie setzte sich wieder auf den Poller. Beide schwiegen eine Weile und beobachteten, wie die Stadt sich aus dem Schlaf erhob. Banecroft zog eine Zigarette hinter seinem Ohr hervor und zündete sie an. »Übrigens, können Sie eigentlich auch Kaninchen aus einem Hut zaubern? Den Trick fand ich immer besonders toll.« »Ach, halten Sie die Klappe, Vincent.«

C.K.McDonnell

There are Dark Forces at work in our world (and in Manchester in particular) and so thank God The Stranger Times is on hand to report them. A weekly newspaper dedicated to the weird and the wonderful (but more often the weird) of modern life, it is the go-to publication for the unexplained and inexplicable . . . At least that's their pitch. The reality is rather less auspicious. Their editor is a drunken, foul-tempered and -mouthed husk of a man who thinks little (and believes less) of the publication he edits, while his staff are a ragtag group of wastrels and misfits, each with their own secrets to hide and axes to grind. 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 her own set of problems. It's when tragedy strikes in Hannah's first week on the job that The Stranger Times is forced to do some serious, proper, actual investigative journalism. What they discover leads them to a shocking realisation- that some of the stories they'd previously dismissed as nonsense are in fact terrifyingly, gruesomely real. Soon they come face-to-face with darker foes than they could ever have imagined. It's one thing reporting on the unexplained and paranormal but it's quite another being dragged into the battle between the forces of Good and Evil . . .

Brilliant and funny! The narrator for the audiobook is excellent. 

Erik Wallace

Really fun read. Had to laugh out loud a lot! Absurd and strange situations combined with a neat mystery. Only four stars because I didn’t enjoy the overt swearing.

Elias Butting

Lewis John Fisher

just want a crossover with the Folly down in London

Joanna Rosenwink 

Throughly enjoyable, laugh out loud funny and gripping, this book reminded me of the the writing of Neil Gaiman.

Thank you to the publishers for ending me a copy of this book in exchange for and honest review.

There are dark forces at work in our world (and in Manchester in particular), so thank God The Stranger Times is on hand to report them . . . A weekly newspaper dedicated to the weird and the wonderful (but mostly the weird), it is the go-to publication for the unexplained and inexplicable. At 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. When tragedy strikes in her first week on the job The Stranger Times 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. The Stranger Times 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.

The Stranger Times

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