{"product_id":"ring-the-bells-the-stranger-times-5-9780857505408","title":"Ring the Bells: (The Stranger Times 5)","description":"\u003cb\u003eIt's beginning to look a lot like Christmas . . .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For 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\u003e As 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\u003e Featuring 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\u003e is the fifth book in the award-winning, critically acclaimed and laugh-out-loud funny \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger Times\u003c\/i\u003e series. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in Limerick and raised in Dublin, \u003cb\u003eC K (Caimh) McDonnell\u003c\/b\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e His 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 Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e 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\u003e The Stranger Times \u003c\/i\u003eseries contemporary comic fantasy series.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bantam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51734876946706,"sku":"9780857505408","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_44b317e3-e3fa-4fc6-8fb7-28dcf54cbc3a.jpg?v=1763491078","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ring-the-bells-the-stranger-times-5-9780857505408","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}