There are 5 books in the The Stranger Times series. The newest book is Ring the Bells which came out in 2025.

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The Stranger Times

Book cover of The Stranger Times

'Wonderfully dark, extremely funny' proclaimed ADAM KAY, author of the No.1 bestselling This is Going to Hurt
'A filmic romp with great characters, a jet-propelled plot, and a winning premise' said the GUARDIAN
JASON MANFORD thinks it's 'Hilarious. You'll never look at Manchester the same way again.'
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This Charming Man

Book cover of This Charming Man

STOP PRESS! The Stranger Times and This Charming Man shortlisted for a 'Dead Good Reader Award' - the 'The New Kid on the Block Award for Best New Series'!

Vampires do not exist. Everyone knows this. So it's particularly annoying when they start popping up around Manchester . . .…

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Love Will Tear Us Apart

Book cover of Love Will Tear Us Apart

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…

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Relight My Fire

Book cover of Relight My Fire

The Stranger Times - winner of the 2023 British Fantasy Award for Best Audio Work!

Some comebacks can be murder . . .

Stella is enjoying life as an almost student, or at least she is until a man falls from the sky right in front of her, leaving a…

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Ring the Bells

Book cover of Ring the Bells

'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.' TOM HOLT, author of The Portable Door and The Eight Reindeers of Christmas

It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas . . .

For…