{"product_id":"ring-the-bells-the-stranger-times-5-hardcover","title":"Ring the Bells: (The Stranger Times 5) - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eC. K. McDonnell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fiendishly clever and monstrously funny, C K McDonnell's latest will steal your soul and eat your brain. In the nicest possible way, of course.' \u003c\/b\u003eTOM HOLT, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Portable Door \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Eight Reindeers of Christmas\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt is beginning to look a lot like Christmas . . . \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor most people, that means a time of celebration, relaxation and inebriation, but not for the staff of \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger Times.\u003c\/i\u003e While a book club meeting ending in a triple murder isn't unprecedented, it is at least noteworthy. It quickly emerges that this is no ordinary book-club-triple-murder either, as it features a librarian possessed by a chaotic entity who has broken through from another dimension and is hellbent on vengeance. He's made a list, but he's not checking it twice as the whole of humanity is on it. Who would want to summon such a thing? And how is anyone going to be able to send it back? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs if that wasn't enough to be dealing with, a shocking revelation about a member of \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger Times\u003c\/i\u003e team's past brings family together, but not in a way that's ever going to make it into a Hallmark movie. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing demonically possessed Santas, blood-thirsty books and the ghost of a legendary nightclub, it's beginning to look a lot like a Christmas apocalypse . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRing the Bells \u003c\/i\u003eis the fifth book in the award-winning, critically acclaimed and laugh-out-loud funny \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger Times \u003c\/i\u003eseries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe reviewers loved \u003ci\u003eRelight My Fire: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'McDonnell's world is \u003cb\u003etransgressively hilarious, grimly banal and beguilingly warm. \u003c\/b\u003eOf course there's a story that the intrepid journalists of \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger Times\u003c\/i\u003e have to tease out: grave-robbing, cryogenics, a very angry witch, and a washed-up indie legend looking for a lost album, but \u003cb\u003ethe real joy lies in the pitfalls and pratfalls of getting there\u003c\/b\u003e.' \u003ci\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003cb\u003eAn absolute riot\u003c\/b\u003e of a read.' \u003ci\u003eDAILY EXPRESS\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Laugh-out-loud funny and full of colourful characters.' \u003ci\u003eDAILY MIRROR\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'It's no secret that here at SciFi Towers we're massive fans of the \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStranger Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e series by C. K. McDonnell.' \u003ci\u003eSciFiNOW\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'I loved \u003cb\u003ethe dry and embedded humour of this book, it's the stuff of life\u003c\/b\u003e . . . the whole thing is great fun.' SFCROSWNEST \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRelight My Fire \u003c\/i\u003eis perhaps the best since the original.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSTARBURST\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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. As C. K. McDonnell, he is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger Times \u003c\/i\u003eseries contemporary comic fantasy series.\u003cbr\u003eCaimh lives in Manchester. To find out more, visit whitehairedirishman.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.74 x 9.3 x 6.23 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 25, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53487515959603,"sku":"9780857505392","price":43.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/3-bbJG7jm-9780857505392.webp?v=1781511875","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/ring-the-bells-the-stranger-times-5-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}