{"product_id":"this-charming-man-volume-2-9781787633377","title":"This Charming Man: Volume 2","description":"\u003cb\u003eManchester appears to be suffering from a nasty dose of the vampires, which is just the sort of story the weekly newspaper \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger Times \u003c\/i\u003elikes to get its teeth into. Or perhaps it's the other way round...?\u003ci\u003e This Charming Man\u003c\/i\u003e is the hugely entertaining second novel in the \u003ci\u003eStranger Times\u003c\/i\u003e series.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Vampires do not exist. Everyone knows this. So it's particularly annoying when they start popping up around Manchester . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Nobody is pleased about it. Not the Founders, the secret organization 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger Times\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Charming Man\u003c\/i\u003e is the second book in the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger Times\u003c\/i\u003e series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bantam Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781787633377\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs","brand":"C. K. McDonnell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42095597158581,"sku":"9781787633377","price":24.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0fa5fa98-2bf0-4302-a932-30f7f78a1fbe.jpg?v=1651587954","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/this-charming-man-volume-2-9781787633377","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}