Eve McDonnell Knihy

 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.

Upíři neexistují. To ví každý. Proto je značně nemilé, když se různě po Manchesteru najednou začnou objevovat… Nikdo z toho nemá radost. Ani Zakladatelé, tajná organizace, kterou měli upíři coby alegorie původně reprezentovat, ani Kmen, lidé obdaření magickými schopnostmi, kteří si chtějí jen nerušeně žít vlastní život. A už vůbec ne obyvatelé Manchesteru, protože vražedné řádění takové alegorie utržené ze řetězu opravdu není nic příjemného. Někdo musí hodně rychle zasáhnout – a kdo jiný by to měl být než redakce Podivné doby! Ne že by neměli svých starostí dost. Redaktorka Hana se právě vrátila po rozvodovém řízení a hned se dozvídá, že se kdosi pokouší unést jistého člena jejich týmu. Šéfredaktor Vincent Banecroft by se sice rád s leckým ze své družiny rozloučil, ale nesnese představu, že se ho tu někdo snaží obrat – jde o princip. Když k tomu připočteme prekérní situaci s nefunkční koupelnou, dluhy z hazardu, zcela nový způsob používání vulgarit a jistého inspektora, získáme další hektický týden v životě novinové redakce, která se zavázala informovat o pravdě, s níž nikdo jiný nechce mít nic společného.

A story of courage, determination, time-travel and a magical crow! The river is about to burst its banks, the town is engulfed by a snow storm, fourteen souls will be lost, unless Needle and Glory can change fate.

In a thrilling adventure set in the catacombs beneath Paris, Piaf and her brother embark on a quest to capture a mysterious memory thief. The story delves into a captivating and darkly imaginative world, blending elements of danger and intrigue as the siblings navigate the shadows of the city. With a blend of suspense and creativity, this tale promises to engage readers with its unique premise and enchanting setting.

"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 . . ."--Provided by publisher

Es ist der 6. Januar 1928, der Tag vor der historischen großen Flut von Indington. Während ein heftiges Unwetter die Stadt fest im Griff hat, steht der Fluss kurz davor, über die Ufer zu treten und alles zu überfluten. Glory, eine 11-jährige Waise arbeitet in der angesehenen Juwelierwerkstatt und fertigt mit ihrer geheimen Assistentin Krähe, genannt Elster, atemberaubende Schmuckstücke an. Genau in diesem Szenario begegnet Glory dem Jungen Needle, der durch eine Art Zeitportal in der Stadtbrücke hierher gelangt ist. Er will versuchen, zusammen mit seiner Krähe die Stadtbewohner zu warnen und das Leben vierzehn unschuldiger Menschen zu retten – darunter Glory! Wird es den beiden gelingen, das Unglück zu verhindern, Needles Vater zu finden und die Geschichte neu zu schreiben?