I enjoyed reading this, it was interesting enough to keep me reading late in the night and whenever I could find an odd moment to return to it. The structure is such that I got really engrossed in the story that was being told and then got whisked to another part of the story to become engrossed in that. So I bounced along totally absorbed to the end.
It involves the emergence of vampires in Manchester, which considering they don't exist is pretty annoying for everyone. So turn to the staff of 'The Stranger Times' to sort things out, in between keeping one of their own safe from kidnap and other stranger things.
Normally I would moan that I couldn't wait for the next book to come out, but on this occasion I had it lined up ready to jump straight into. I would quite happily keep reading about 'The Stranger Times', its staff and those it investigates on a rolling programme if C. K. McDonnell could produce them fast enough.
I received an e-ARC of this novel through NetGalley. I am delighted to provide a fair and honest review. NetGalley does not allow for paid reviews.
5/5 Stars
Official description:
Vampires do not exist.
Everyone knows this. So it's particularly annoying when they start popping up
around Manchester.
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.
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