Caimh McDonnell Boeken

 Love can be a truly terrible thing.Marriages are tricky at the best of times, especially when one of you is dead.Vincent Banecroft, the irascible editor of The Stranger Times, has never believed his wife died despite emphatic evidence to the contrary. Now, against all odds, it seems he may actually be proved right; but what lengths will he go to in an attempt to rescue her?With Banecroft distracted, the shock resignation of assistant editor, Hannah Willis, couldn't have come at a worse time. It speaks volumes that her decision to reconcile with her philandering ex-husband is only marginally less surprising than Banecroft and his wife getting back together. In this time of crisis, is her decision to swan off to a fancy new-age retreat run by a celebrity cult really the best thing for anyone?As if that wasn't enough, one of the paper's ex-columnists has disappeared, a particularly impressive trick seeing as he never existed in the first place.Floating statues, hijacked ghosts, homicidal cherubs, irate starlings, Reliant Robins and quite possibly several deeply sinister conspiracies; all-in-all, a typical week for the staff of The Stranger Times.

As a wise man once said, just because you're done with the past, doesn't mean the past is done with you. Paul can't let an incident from his past go. When he finds out a rival detective agency played a key role in it, he drags MCM Investigations into a blood feud that they can't hope to win. Soon they're faced with the prospect of the company going out of business and Brigit going out of her damn mind. When long-buried bodies are discovered in the Wicklow Mountains, Bunny's past starts closing in on him too. Who can he trust when he can't even trust himself? When he finds himself with nowhere left to run and nobody he can turn to, will the big fella make the ultimate sacrifice to protect the ones he loves? When all that's left is the fall, the fall is everything. And even the mighty fall. Last Orders is the thrilling conclusion of the critically acclaimed Dublin Trilogy, which melds fast-paced action with a distinctly Irish acerbic wit. It's best enjoyed having read the other books in the series, particularly the prequel Angels in the Moonlight.

"For Detective Bunny McGarry, life is complicated, and it is about to get more so. It's 1999 and his hard won reputation amongst Dublin's criminal fraternity, for being a massive pain the backside, is unfortunately shared by his bosses. His partner has a career-threatening gambling problem and, oh yeah, Bunny's finally been given a crack at the big time. He's set the task of bringing down the most skilled and ruthless armed robbery gang in Irish history. So the last thing he needs in his life is yet another complication. Her name is Simone. She is smart, funny, talented and, well, complicated. When her shocking past turns up to threaten her and Bunny's chance at a future, things get very complicated indeed. If the choice is upholding the law or protecting those he loves, which way will the big fella turn?"--Provided by publisher

Vampires do not exist. Everyone knows this. So it's particularly annoying when they start popping up around Manchester. Nobody is pleased about it. Not the Founders, the secret organization for whom vampires were invented as an allegory, nor the Folk, the magical people hidden in plain sight who only want a quiet life. And definitely not the people of Manchester, because there is nothing more irksome than being murdered by an allegory run amok. Somebody needs to sort this out fast before all Hell really breaks loose - step forward the staff of The Stranger Times. It's not like they don't have enough to be dealing with. Assistant Editor Hannah has come back from getting messily divorced to discover that someone is trying to kidnap a member of their staff and while editor Vincent Banecroft would be delighted to see the back of any of his team, he doesn't like people touching his stuff - it's the principle of the thing. Throw in a precarious plumbing situation, gambling debts, an entirely new way of swearing, and a certain detective inspector with what could be kindly referred to as 'a lot of baggage' and it all adds up to another hectic week in the life of the newspaper committed to reporting the truth that nobody else will touch

A fast-paced crime thriller set in Dublin and blessed with a distinctly Irish acerbic wit. This book is book 2 in Caimh McDonnell's Dublin Trilogy.

There are dark forces at work in our world, 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 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's 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 foes than they could ever have imagined..

The first time somebody tried to kill him was an accident. The second time was deliberate. Now Paul Mulchrone finds himself on the run with nobody to turn to except a nurse who has read one-too-many crime novels and a renegade copper with a penchant for violence. Together they must solve one of the most notorious crimes in Irish history ... or else they'll be history

V našem světě (a obzvláště v Manchesteru) působí temné síly, a proto buďme vděční za týdeník Podivná doba, který nám o nich přináší pravidelné zprávy. Podivná doba se věnuje tajemným a úžasným (ale mnohem víc těm tajemným) věcem v moderním životě, je to nejpřístupnější týdeník o všem nevysvětleném a nevysvětlitelném. Nebo se tak alespoň sám prezentuje. Skutečnost vypadá trochu jinak. Vydavatel je lidská troska, nerudný, vulgární opilec, který sám nevěří kvalitám (a už vůbec ne obsahu) svého vlastního periodika, a redakci tvoří nesourodá partička ztracených existencí s řadou vlastních tajemství a předsudků. A pokud jde o pozici šéfredaktora… ta se ze všeho nejvíc podobá otáčecím dveřím, které se právě teď znovu otočily a vklopýtala z nich Hannah Willisová se svým vlastním nákladem problémů. A když hned první týden po jejím nástupu do nové práce dojde k tragédii, redakci Podivné doby nezbývá než se pustit do skutečné, seriózní investigativní novinařiny. Ve světle šokujícího odhalení, k němuž dospějí, si najednou všichni uvědomí naprosto nečekanou věc: že některé z článků, které v minulosti sami pokládali za pouhé báchorky, ve skutečnosti popisovaly děsivou, otřesnou realitu.

Der Kampf um Köln beginnt! So hatte sich Ursula ihren großen Tag nicht vorgestellt! Da wird man jahrelang ausgebildet, um am achtzehnten Geburtstag Köln gegen die Dämonen der Hunnen zu verteidigen, und dann läuft alles anders als erwartet! Nicht genug damit, dass zwei der elf Mitglieder ihres Teams spurlos verschwinden und Ursula notgedrungen Adam, seines Zeichens Exil-Amerikaner und Gelegenheitsstadtführer, in einer Bar auflesen muss; zusätzlich verschwinden plötzlich auch noch mitten im Kampf alle Hunnen - und mit ihnen auch Ursulas Ausbilderin Una. Die Bestimmung ist damit faktisch erfüllt, aber das kann doch nicht alles gewesen sein? Ursula und ihr Team gehen der Sache auf den Grund - und stehen plötzlich einem viel größeren Gegner gegenüber als einer läppischen Geisterarmee.

Stella genießt ihr Leben als Fast-Studentin; zumindest bis ein Mann direkt vor ihr vom Himmel fällt und ein großes Loch im Bürgersteig hinterlässt. Auf die offensichtliche Frage, wie er überhaupt in den Himmel gekommen ist, gibt es keine offensichtliche Antwort. Als der Verdacht aufkommt, Stella könnte etwas mit dem mysteriösen Ereignis zu tun haben, muss die Redaktion der Stranger Times ihre Unschuld beweisen - und herausfinden, was zum Teufel wirklich vor sich geht. Leider werden die Ermittlungen von dem üblichen Wahnsinn in Manchester gestört: sturen Ghulen, widerspenstigen Gnomen und einer rauschenden Party voller Stars, die eine königliche Hochzeit in den Schatten stellen würde.