pickHappy to report the second in this series is as good as the first. Adventure and mystery and a liberal sprinkling of humour. The world building just layers up so casually, you never feel info dumped on, but you get to meet new characters and learn about new aspects of the paranormal established within this particular universe. 1/?
Well that's an aspect to the well worn analogy I hadn't considered before! 😅
Coordinated couple costumes, always adorable.
Valid question. Logical answer. 🤦🏼♂️
pickSecond book in the Stranger Times series.
It's the middle of a heatwave. Vampires are haunting Manchester. The Stranger Times has no working bathroom. And Hannah has just returned from her divorce vacation.
Builders need to be found. Bancroft has to stop swearing. Vampires need hunting down.
Also, build-up for book 3, which I would love to read right away.
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1) Jodi Taylor, Natasha Pulley, Caimh McDonnell
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3) Manchester, Vampires, journalists investigating
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pickThe Founders insist vampires don't exist. The Folk insist vampires don't exist. So why are men in Manchester waking up with fangs and a thirst for human blood?
Interesting expansion of the world seen in the first book. Although I did sometimes have problems working out whether some of the new characters were Founders or Folk, it was still a great read, and I'm looking forward to book 3 next year.
Stella liked books. She loved them, in fact. They had a very calming quality to them – as if nothing could be that bad if you were holding one. Life had shown her that was definitely not true, but still. Given her feelings towards books, a library should have been a tremendously relaxing place for her, but it wasn‘t.
pickI liked the plot and the setting and the very droll narration, not to mention the newspaper articles sprinkled throughout. What I did not like was that my copy was just under 500 pages and really heavy to hold. I had to keep putting it down and lost momentum.
pickBonkers, but fun ride for book #2
'WHY?' bellowed Banecroft. 'IS THE NOISE BOTHERING YOU?'
With that, he marched back into his office and slammed the door shut behind him.
Hannah shook her head. 'How has he got this far in life with out anyone stabbing him?"
'I heard that,' roared Banecroft from the other room. 'Shows what you know. I've been stabbed twice!'
Before they'd left, Hannah had asked him if he could give them a contact from the Folk to talk to.
'It's not like that, darling,' Cogs had explained. "They ain't got a head of state. It's like asking to speak to the top ginger bloke in the country.
This Charming Man: (The Stranger Times 2) | 
⚠️Fatphobia, food shaming in relation to emotional eating (those with ED or DE behaviours read with caution), alcoholism, gambling addiction, references to attempted SA, predatory app, recording without consent 3/3 2y