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Love Will Tear Us Apart
- Author
- C. K. McDonnell
- Narrator
- Brendan McDonald
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Publish Date
- 9 February 2023
- Run Time
- 13 hours 24 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Urban fantasy, Comic (humorous) fantasy, Crime and / or mystery fiction, Contemporary fantasy / Low fantasy
- Rating
- 4.0 (3 reviews)
What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
The Stranger Times - winner of the 2023 British Fantasy Award for Best Audio Work!
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 may actually be proved right; but what lengths will he go to in an attempt to rescue her?
With Banecroft distracted, the shock resignation of assistant editor, Hannah Willis, couldn't have come at a worse time. It speaks volumes that her decision to reconcile with her philandering ex-husband is only marginally less surprising than Banecroft and his wife getting back together. In this time of crisis, is her decision to swan off to a fancy new-age retreat run by a celebrity cult really the best thing for anyone?
As if that wasn't enough, one of the paper's ex-columnists has disappeared, a particularly impressive trick seeing as he never existed in the first place.
Floating statues, hijacked ghosts, homicidal cherubs, irate starlings, Reliant Robins and quite possibly several deeply sinister conspiracies; all-in-all, a typical week for the staff of The Stranger Times.
©2023 C. K. McDonnell (P)2023 Penguin Audio
Critics Review
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Brilliant and bananas . . . we love it.
MAGIC RADIO Book Club
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Joyful, silly and funny.
THE HERALD
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Two Word Review - Read it! 5 Word Review - What Are You Waiting For?. . . my favourite of the series, not only does it manage to be funnier than the others it also gets a whole lot darker.
THE READER'S ROOM
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As completely and wonderfully bonkers as the previous two books in this series . . . a rollercoaster of a ride . . . kooky and fantastical, a riotous experience, one not to be missed. As The Times put it "a tennis match of witty banter."
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Full of dark comedy that will leave you chuckling under your breath . . . it is always lovely to catch up with the gang in Manchester, watch them get on to new shenanigans and deal with some more supernatural stuff.
NERD DAILY
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This is a series that I would happily read more of.
SFCROWSNEST
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Another great entry in this series. McDonnell does some impressive world building and deploys a range of types of humour, including some great one liners . . . But at the heart of this series is McDonnell's great compassion for the crew of The Stranger Times. On top of plenty of ongoing mysteries, this is the not-so-secret ingredient that will keep readers coming back for more.
THE BLURB
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Truly epic . . . one of the best series I have ever read.
WHISPERING STORIES
User Reviews
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Narration 3.7
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5.0 5.0
I love these books - pure fun and entertainment!!
ClareR 2024-02-10
Details
- Author
- C. K. McDonnell
- Narrator
- Brendan McDonald
- Duration
- 13 hours 24 minutes
- Release Date
- 9 February 2023
- ISBN
- 9781529198775
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Genre
- Urban fantasy, Comic (humorous) fantasy, Crime and / or mystery fiction, Contemporary fantasy / Low fantasy
- Rating
- 4.0(3 reviews)
- Narration
- 3.7(3 reviews)
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.The Stranger Times - winner of the 2023 British Fantasy Award for Best Audio Work! 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 may actually be proved right; but what lengths will he go to in an attempt to rescue her?With Banecroft distracted, the shock resignation of assistant editor, Hannah Willis, couldn't have come at a worse time. It speaks volumes that her decision to reconcile with her philandering ex-husband is only marginally less surprising than Banecroft and his wife getting back together. In this time of crisis, is her decision to swan off to a fancy new-age retreat run by a celebrity cult really the best thing for anyone?As if that wasn't enough, one of the paper's ex-columnists has disappeared, a particularly impressive trick seeing as he never existed in the first place.Floating statues, hijacked ghosts, homicidal cherubs, irate starlings, Reliant Robins and quite possibly several deeply sinister conspiracies; all-in-all, a typical week for the staff of The Stranger Times.©2023 C. K. McDonnell (P)2023 Penguin Audio
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