{"product_id":"ring-the-bells-c-k-mcdonnell-9781804993378","title":"Ring the Bells: (The Stranger Times 5)","description":"\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\u003e -- \u003cb\u003eTom Holt\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Portable Door\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Eight Reindeers of Christmas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt is beginning to look a lot like Christmas...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor most people, that means celebration, relaxation, and a little festive excess. But not for the staff of \u003cb\u003eThe Stranger Times\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA book club meeting ending in a triple murder isn't unprecedented--but it is certainly noteworthy. It soon becomes clear that this is no ordinary book-club-triple-murder. A librarian has been possessed by a chaotic entity that has broken through from another dimension, hellbent on vengeance. He's made a list--and unlike Santa, he isn't checking it twice. In fact, the whole of humanity is on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho would summon such a terrifying force? And more importantly, how can anyone send it back?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs if that weren't enough, a shocking revelation about one member of \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger Times\u003c\/i\u003e team brings family together--but not in a way that's ever going to make it into a Hallmark movie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing demonically possessed Santas, bloodthirsty books, and the ghost of a legendary nightclub, \u003ci\u003eRing the Bells\u003c\/i\u003e is a gloriously chaotic festive adventure in which Christmas may well end in apocalypse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fifth installment in the award-winning, critically acclaimed, and laugh-out-loud funny \u003cb\u003eThe Stranger Times\u003c\/b\u003e series, \u003ci\u003eRing the Bells\u003c\/i\u003e delivers another irresistible blend of horror, fantasy, mystery, and razor-sharp comedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelight My Fire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"McDonnell's world is transgressively hilarious, grimly banal and beguilingly warm. Of course there's a story that the intrepid journalists of\u003c\/i\u003e The Stranger Times \u003ci\u003ehave to tease out--grave-robbing, cryogenics, a very angry witch, and a washed-up indie legend looking for a lost album--but the real joy lies in the pitfalls and pratfalls of getting there.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-- \u003cb\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"An absolute riot of a read.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-- \u003cb\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Laugh-out-loud funny and full of colorful characters.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-- \u003cb\u003eDaily Mirror\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"It's no secret that here at SciFi Towers we're massive fans of the\u003c\/i\u003e Stranger Times \u003ci\u003eseries by C. K. McDonnell.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-- \u003cb\u003eSciFiNow\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"I loved the dry and embedded humor of this book--it's the stuff of life... the whole thing is great fun.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-- \u003cb\u003eSFCrowsnest\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Relight My Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is perhaps the best since the original.\"*\u003cbr\u003e-- \u003cb\u003eStarburst\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e C. K. McDonnell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1804993379\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781804993378\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"C. K. McDonnell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49097323610367,"sku":"9781804993378","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ring-the-bells-c-k-mcdonnell-9781804993378","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}