Ring the Bells

Deck your halls with holly because here is your next laugh-out-loud funny festive must-read . . .

‘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

'Exciting, funny and very occasionally, absolutely heartbreaking' JODI TAYLOR

'This is Terry Pratchett writing The X Files' The Herald: Scotland

It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas. For most people, that means a time of celebration, relaxation and inebriation, but not for the staff of The Stranger Times . . .

While a book club meeting ending in a triple murder isn’t unprecedented, it is at least noteworthy. And this is no ordinary book-club-triple-murder either, as it seems to involve a librarian possessed by a chaotic entity who has broken through from another dimension and is hellbent on vengeance.

But who would want to summon such a thing? And - importantly - how is anyone going to be able to send it back?

As if that wasn’t enough to be going on with, there's a shocking revelation about a member of The Stranger Times team’s past. It will brings family together - which is, of course, part of what Christmas is all about - but not in a way that’s ever going to make it into a Hallmark movie.

Add demonically-possessed Santas, blood-thirsty books and the ghost of a legendary nightclub into the mix and Christmas is looking positively apocalyptic for the good folk at The Stranger Times . . .

Readers can't stop talking about Ring the Bells:

'Apocalyptic yuletide. I am obsessed with this series' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'Hilarious, bloodthirsty and impossible to put down. Loved it!' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'Sheer brilliance. I already consider Ring the Bells to be a Christmas classic I will be re-reading for years to come' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'Heartfelt emotion with my favourite fantasy chaos' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'YOU HAVE TO READ THIS! C.K. McDonnell is the best writer I have come across in years' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'You'll be laughing one moment and then crying the next' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'A magical roller-coaster of a book begging you to abandon logic and simply enjoy the ride!' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐