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Caimh McDonnell

    1. január 1975

    Caimh McDonnell je írsky autor, ktorý po úspešnej kariére v stand-up komédii a televíznom písaní naplno venovaný literatúre. Jeho diela sú známe svojím osobitým humorom a bystrým pozorovaním ľudskej povahy, často sa dotýkajú tém identity a spoločenských otázok. Svoje bohaté skúsenosti z televízneho sveta pretavuje do pútavých príbehov s nezameniteľným hlasom. Jeho romány sú cenené pre svoju originalitu a schopnosť pobaviť aj zaujať čitateľov.

    Caimh McDonnell
    Muž bez tváře. Den, který nikdy nepřijde. Poslední objednávky
    A man with one of those faces
    The Day That Never Comes
    This Charming Man
    Podivná doba
    Last Orders
    • Last Orders

      • 352 stránok
      • 13 hodin čítania
      4,5(84)Ohodnotiť

      As a wise man once said, just because you're done with the past, doesn't mean the past is done with you. Paul can't let an incident from his past go. When he finds out a rival detective agency played a key role in it, he drags MCM Investigations into a blood feud that they can't hope to win. Soon they're faced with the prospect of the company going out of business and Brigit going out of her damn mind. When long-buried bodies are discovered in the Wicklow Mountains, Bunny's past starts closing in on him too. Who can he trust when he can't even trust himself? When he finds himself with nowhere left to run and nobody he can turn to, will the big fella make the ultimate sacrifice to protect the ones he loves? When all that's left is the fall, the fall is everything. And even the mighty fall. Last Orders is the thrilling conclusion of the critically acclaimed Dublin Trilogy, which melds fast-paced action with a distinctly Irish acerbic wit. It's best enjoyed having read the other books in the series, particularly the prequel Angels in the Moonlight.

      Last Orders
    • Podivná doba

      • 416 stránok
      • 15 hodin čítania
      4,4(122)Ohodnotiť

      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.

      Podivná doba
    • This Charming Man

      • 320 stránok
      • 12 hodin čítania
      4,3(142)Ohodnotiť

      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.

      This Charming Man
    • The Day That Never Comes

      • 358 stránok
      • 13 hodin čítania
      4,2(156)Ohodnotiť

      A fast-paced crime thriller set in Dublin and blessed with a distinctly Irish acerbic wit. This book is book 2 in Caimh McDonnell's Dublin Trilogy.

      The Day That Never Comes
    • A man with one of those faces

      • 360 stránok
      • 13 hodin čítania
      4,0(396)Ohodnotiť

      The first time somebody tried to kill him was an accident. The second time was deliberate. Now Paul Mulchrone finds himself on the run with nobody to turn to except a nurse who has read one-too-many crime novels and a renegade copper with a penchant for violence. Together they must solve one of the most notorious crimes in Irish history ... or else they'll be history

      A man with one of those faces
    • The Family Jewels

      • 274 stránok
      • 10 hodin čítania
      4,7(21)Ohodnotiť

      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.

      The Family Jewels
    •  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.

      Love Will Tear Us Apart
    • I Have Sinned

      • 322 stránok
      • 12 hodin čítania
      4,4(44)Ohodnotiť

      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.

      I Have Sinned
    • The Final Game

      • 368 stránok
      • 13 hodin čítania
      4,4(37)Ohodnotiť

      A standalone comedic thriller that is in the same world as Caimh McDonnell's internationally best-selling Dublin Trilogy.

      The Final Game