Der Kampf um Köln beginnt! So hatte sich Ursula ihren großen Tag nicht vorgestellt! Da wird man jahrelang ausgebildet, um am achtzehnten Geburtstag Köln gegen die Dämonen der Hunnen zu verteidigen, und dann läuft alles anders als erwartet! Nicht genug damit, dass zwei der elf Mitglieder ihres Teams spurlos verschwinden und Ursula notgedrungen Adam, seines Zeichens Exil-Amerikaner und Gelegenheitsstadtführer, in einer Bar auflesen muss; zusätzlich verschwinden plötzlich auch noch mitten im Kampf alle Hunnen - und mit ihnen auch Ursulas Ausbilderin Una. Die Bestimmung ist damit faktisch erfüllt, aber das kann doch nicht alles gewesen sein? Ursula und ihr Team gehen der Sache auf den Grund - und stehen plötzlich einem viel größeren Gegner gegenüber als einer läppischen Geisterarmee.
Caimh McDonnell Book order
Caimh McDonnell, an Irishman, transitions from a successful career in stand-up comedy and television writing to focus his creative energies entirely on his books. His literary work is characterized by a distinctive voice, blending sharp wit with keen observations on the human condition and societal dynamics. Drawing from his extensive experience in the entertainment industry, he crafts compelling narratives that resonate with readers. His novels are celebrated for their originality and their ability to entertain while also offering insightful commentary.







- 2025
- 2023
Podivná doba
- 416 pages
- 15 hours of reading
V našem světě (a obzvláště v Manchesteru) působí temné síly, a proto buďme vděční za týdeník Podivná doba, který nám o nich přináší pravidelné zprávy. Podivná doba se věnuje tajemným a úžasným (ale mnohem víc těm tajemným) věcem v moderním životě, je to nejpřístupnější týdeník o všem nevysvětleném a nevysvětlitelném. Nebo se tak alespoň sám prezentuje. Skutečnost vypadá trochu jinak. Vydavatel je lidská troska, nerudný, vulgární opilec, který sám nevěří kvalitám (a už vůbec ne obsahu) svého vlastního periodika, a redakci tvoří nesourodá partička ztracených existencí s řadou vlastních tajemství a předsudků. A pokud jde o pozici šéfredaktora… ta se ze všeho nejvíc podobá otáčecím dveřím, které se právě teď znovu otočily a vklopýtala z nich Hannah Willisová se svým vlastním nákladem problémů. A když hned první týden po jejím nástupu do nové práce dojde k tragédii, redakci Podivné doby nezbývá než se pustit do skutečné, seriózní investigativní novinařiny. Ve světle šokujícího odhalení, k němuž dospějí, si najednou všichni uvědomí naprosto nečekanou věc: že některé z článků, které v minulosti sami pokládali za pouhé báchorky, ve skutečnosti popisovaly děsivou, otřesnou realitu.
- 2023
Escape From Victory
- 72 pages
- 3 hours of reading
Sunday mornings are not supposed to be this stressful. The St Jude's Under-12s hurling team has a match against a hated opponent and their manager, one Bunny McGarry, has made an ill-judged wager on the outcome. His dignity is now relying on the worst team anyone has ever seen, turning around a losing streak that feels like it's lasted longer than World War I only with not as many light-hearted moments. As if that wasn't enough, it turns out crime doesn't take weekends off either, and when duty calls, sometimes you have to bring a minibus full of pre-teen delinquents with you. Escape From Victory is a novella (book 7.5) in the bestselling, critically acclaimed, numerically infuriating Irish crime series - the Dublin Trilogy. Praise for The Dublin Trilogy "Poignant, suspenseful and gut-bustingly funny" Wall Street Journal "One of the funniest crime books you could read." The Express "A brilliant comedic thriller." The Irish Post
- 2023
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.
- 2022
- 2022
The Family Jewels
- 274 pages
- 10 hours of reading
Bah Humbug! It’s almost Christmas and Bunny McGarry is not in the festive spirit. His mood is not improved when an old friend becomes the victim of a violent assault and, for reasons he can’t understand, the police force he is a member of has decided not to investigate. Getting to the bottom of the case ends up putting him on the wrong side of some powerful people. How does all of this involve an Italian heiress who has disappeared? Why is the commissioner of the Gardai no longer in charge? And why is a certain teenage boy on the rampage swearing bloody vengeance? Strap in as things are about to get seriously festive and the big fella is taking no prisoners. Some people have no appreciation of the fundamentals of the Christmas game. The Family Jewels is book seven in the Amazon bestselling, critically acclaimed and numerically infuriating Dublin Trilogy.
- 2022
This Charming Man
- 320 pages
- 12 hours of reading
Nobody is pleased about it. Not the Founders, the secret organisation for whom vampires were invented as an allegory, nor the Folk, the magical people hidden in plain sight who only want a quiet life. And definitely not the people of Manchester, because there is nothing more irksome than being murdered by an allegory run amok. Somebody needs to sort this out fast before all Hell really breaks loose - step forward the staff of The Stranger Times. It's not like they don't have enough to be dealing with. Assistant Editor Hannah has come back from getting messily divorced to discover that someone is trying to kidnap a member of their staff and while editor Vincent Banecroft would be delighted to see the back of any of his team, he doesn't like people touching his stuff - it's the principle of the thing. Throw in a precarious plumbing situation, gambling debts, an entirely new way of swearing, and a certain detective inspector with what could be kindly referred to as 'a lot of baggage' and it all adds up to another hectic week in the life of the newspaper committed to reporting the truth that nobody else will touch. This Charming Man is the second book in the critically acclaimed The Stranger Times series.
- 2021
The Stranger Times
- 320 pages
- 12 hours of reading
There are dark forces at work in our world, so thank God The Stranger Times is on hand to report them. A weekly newspaper dedicated to the weird and the wonderful (but more often the weird) of modern life, it is the go-to publication for the unexplained and inexplicable... At least that's their pitch. The reality is rather less auspicious. Their editor is a drunken, foul-tempered and foul-mouthed husk of a man who thinks little of the publication he edits. His staff are a ragtag group of misfits. And as for the assistant editor . . . well, that job's a revolving door - and it has just revolved to reveal Hannah Willis, who's got problems of her own. When tragedy strikes in her first week on the job The Stranger Times is forced to do some serious investigating. What they discover leads to a shocking realisation: some of the stories they'd previously dismissed as nonsense are in fact terrifyingly real. Soon they come face-to-face with darker foes than they could ever have imagined..
- 2020
The Final Game
- 368 pages
- 13 hours of reading
A standalone comedic thriller that is in the same world as Caimh McDonnell's internationally best-selling Dublin Trilogy.
- 2019
I Have Sinned
- 322 pages
- 12 hours of reading
A fast-paced thriller that blends high-octane action with an acerbic wit. Hold on tight for a wild ride through the streets of New York with Ireland's most dangerous export, Bunny McGarry.




