Bøger af Iain Grant

The time-bending comedy series that brings history to life with humour, adventure and heart. Maddie, Astrid and Alice have been given the ability to travel through time and are dedicated to using this power only for the most important of purposes. So, when Alice uses time travel to bring her favourite cow four hundred years into the future, this not only causes friction between the time travellers but also with Astrid's nosy neighbour. Neighbourly conflict comes to a head at a pub quiz event and Astrid is compelled to travel back to 1066 to prove her quiz knowledge is supreme. Prepare for time-travelling ghosts, dodgy council bureaucrats, dodgier Norman disguises and the Battle of Hastings as you never saw it before. These raucous and twisty novellas are perfect for fans of Jodi Taylor Praise for the Time Jumper series: "...comic genius kept me reading." "Intriguing time travel story with some ingenious twists." "Time travel nonsense at its best."

The time-bending adventure series that brings history to life with humour, adventure and heart. Maddie Waites, Astrid Bohart and Alice Hickenhorn have the power to travel through time. They decide to take a break from using this power to repeatedly save the life of a careless motorcyclist and embark on a trip back in time to steal valuable pop memorabilia from the swinging sixties before it becomes valuable. However, it seems that adventures in the past comes with their own unexpected problems including time-travelling cows, mad-eyed witchfinders and the increasingly sinister Master Burnleigh. These raucous and twisty novellas are perfect for fans of Jodi Taylor

Leap into the time-bending adventure series that brings history to life with humour, adventure and heart. Aspiring rock guitarist Maddie Waites, disgraced History teacher Astrid Bohart, suspected witch Alice Hickenhorn. Three women who discover the awesome ability to jump through time, decide to use that power to turn a quick profit and then make a complete mess of it. It turns out that travelling back to Georgian times to sell exotic fruit to the aristocracy isn't as simple as one might think. Prepare for double-crossing butlers, devious urchins and plundering the museum for dress-up fun. These raucous and twisty novellas are perfect for fans of Jodi Taylor

The dragon queen is dead, her dragon flown off into the east. The capital city is in flames and ruin. Who will rebuild the city and how? While the lords squabble over who should be king, a self-appointed council - a former-pirate, a thief-turned-treasurer, a knight of the realm and someone who calls himself a dentist - need to save the city from itself. Because the dragon might have gone but perhaps it left something behind...

Pollig the Goblin lives in Fortress Dread which trundles across the land, destroying anything in its way and stealing all the treasure it comes across.Pollig the Goblin doesn't get to do much of the destroying. And he doesn't get to keep ANY of the treasure. His job is to clean up the mess left behind.And in a fortress full of strange monsters and magical potions there's always a lot of cleaning up to do.Oh, and did we mention the dragon?Well, what are you waiting for? Come on in and join us in Fortress Dread!

There's something very wrong at the Otterside care home.When Sam Applewhite tries to help a friend who's lost a beloved pet she finds that it's just the first in a series of seemingly unconnected deaths. Is it her imagination, or do all of them somehow point back to the same residential home for seniors?Sam's skills are in demand elsewhere however, as she must orchestrate a safety drill with animal actors, cook dinner on an abandoned oil rig and keep an eye on those vikings who are building a longship.When the police don't see the pattern, it's all down to Sam, and the closer she gets to uncovering what's going on at Otterside, the more danger she's in.

Meet Sam Applewhite, a security consultant with no staff, no resources and some big jobs to tackle. When an armed robber targets a local bank, things quickly go wrong and hostages are taken. Sam's stage magician dad is in the firing line and no magic tricks are going to get him out of this situation. The police say they've got things under control but Sam knows there's something strange going on. Why has a law-abiding man suddenly turned to crime? How can it be an armed robbery if the robber has left his gun at home? As the hours tick by and the threat of violence escalates, Sam has to put the pieces together before it's too late because, in this money heist, things just don't add up... Praise for the Sam Applewhite books: "Original, inventive and funny - what more do you want in a crime drama?" "An up-to-date sassy Agatha Christie." "The characters here are so real that you feel you know them after just a few pages." "Crazy, laugh out loud mayhem all the way through, and an amazing finale. Can't wait to read the next one in the series." "Lovable main characters, greedy villains who self destruct with a vengeance and enough laugh out loud moments to make my day."

The aristocracy abide by a different set of rules......or so it seems to Sam Applewhite when her job brings her to Candlebroke Hall, the stately home. The burglary definitely wasn't what it appeared to be, and the subsequent accidents suggest that it's a dangerous place to spend time.Sam is caught up in events as she tries to protect the interests of young Hilde Odinson, part of the local viking family. The Odinsons insist on doing things their own way though, with scant regard for the law. In the meantime, Sam starts to understand that while many people would kill to live at Candlebroke Hall, maybe there are others who would kill to get away from it.

Life is full of impossible questions. How did Sam Applewhite end up living in a tiny caravan with her dad?How does local company Synergenesis survive with no customers and a cast of clueless employees?And why is everyone desperate to get their hands on a stuffed kangaroo toy called Joey Pockets? In the height of summer, it's not just holidaymakers who are drawn to the seaside town of Skegness. Desperate thieves and callous killers are searching for a hidden treasure and they don't care who they hurt in their quest to claim it. The most important question of all is, can Sam get to the bottom of this mystery before those closest to her are put in further danger? Praise for the Sam Applewhite books: "Original, inventive and funny - what more do you want in a crime drama?" "An up-to-date sassy Agatha Christie." "The characters here are so real that you feel you know them after just a few pages." "Crazy, laugh out loud mayhem all the way through, and an amazing finale. Can't wait to read the next one in the series." "Lovable main characters, greedy villains who self-destruct with a vengeance and enough laugh out loud moments to make my day."

All good things must come to an end. When Jeremy Clovenhoof is called up to serve his final role in the Apocalypse, he's more than a little annoyed. He enjoys his quiet sinful life in suburban England and has some 2-for-1 vouchers for the local kebab shop he hasn't spent yet. While Clovenhoof is whisked away to the afterlife to become an unwilling general in Hell's final battle with Heaven, his former housemate Nerys decides that she is not going to sit around and let the End of Days just happen to her. If this sad and sinful world needs to be transformed then she's going to do it herself and avoid any need for angels and demons to get involved. The eighth book in the Clovenhoof series is a joyful comedy featuring imaginary dogs, kinky cleaners, devious devils, squabbling angels and the most incompetent Armageddon ever conceived. Praise for the Clovenhoof series: "Clever and utterly hilarious!" "Sharp, witty and intelligent. Easily one of the funniest books I've ever read." "You can't help but become immersed in the ridiculous plot and fabulous characters." "Full of dark humour, satire and surprising twists, I embarrassed myself more than once by laughing out loud at this book in the most inappropriate places."

Curious about the day that Saint Christopher found out he'd been declared non-existent by the pope? What exactly is a cat in Hell's chance? How would an annual Christmas present exchange between Heaven and Hell work out? Find out the answers to these and other pressing questions in this collection of short stories from the world of Clovenhoof. This contains the stories, Clovenhoof's Shed and Clovenhoof Goes To Night School, which were previously published individually, but there are eight other stories included here featuring favourite characters from Heaven and Hell. Contains: Clovenhoof goes to Night School.Patron Saint of Nothing At All.Clovenhoof and the Snowmen.Saint Nicholas and the Krampus.Detritus at the Church Fete.Clovenhoof and the Spiders.A Cat in Hell's Chance.The Non-Specific Prayer Assessment Unit.The Hoof.Clovenhoof's Shed

Acusado de incompetente, Satanás pierde su trabajo de Príncipe de los Infiernos y acaba deportado en un lugar de lo más espantoso: un soporífero barrio inglés de clase media. Forzado a vivir como un ser humano bajo el nombre de Jeremy Clovenhoof, al Señor de la Oscuridad no le quedará otra que resignarse a que nadie lo reconozca ni le baile el agua, y para más inri, tendrá que aguantar a sus dos vecinos: un ratón de biblioteca, friki de los juegos de rol, y a una descarada devoradora de hombres que vive con su anciana tía en el piso de arriba.El Cielo, el Infierno y la ciudad de Birmingham se funden en esta trepidante historia en la que el asesinato se entremezcla con el heavy metal, el canibalismo, criminales armados hasta los dientes, ancianitas con mala leche, un servidor de Satanás que vive con su madre, señores de limitada estatura, vicarios muertos, arcángeles mezquinos, lanzallamas, muñecas hinchables, el salón de actos ensangrentado en una escuela de primaria y, como no, alcohol a tutiplén.Clovenhoof podría ser tachada de extravagante e irreverente (¡te vas a partir la caja!), pero a ratos rebosa humanidad y ternura. Esta primera novela, escrita por Heide Goody e Iain Grant, logrará que desde la primera página te pongas de parte del malo.

With fox hunting banned, is hunting humans the next best countryside sport for the most wealthy and ruthless thrill-seekers?Rumours of the 'Wild Chase' have circulated for years but Sam Applewhite refuses to believe them until she is invited to a party at the opulent estate of country gent (and alleged Russian oligarch) Elgin Jubilee.It's not her usual scene but Sam can't resist a brightly coloured cocktail. Also, this party is her chance to come face to face with the man responsible for stealing her father's fortune.When Sam uncovers deadly secrets in Jubilee's private hunting ground, she becomes one of the hunted.Can she team up with failed entrepreneur Seb, unhinged method actress Kat and the roughest toughest members of the Odinson clan to turn the tables on the hunters and survive the day?Praise for the Sam Applewhite books: "Original, inventive and funny - what more do you want in a crime drama?""An up-to-date sassy Agatha Christie.""The characters here are so real that you feel you know them after just a few pages.""Crazy, laugh out loud mayhem all the way through, and an amazing finale. Can't wait to read the next one in the series.""Lovable main characters, greedy villains who self destruct with a vengeance and enough laugh out loud moments to make my day."

Buckle in for a high-tech ride through the corporate campus where things are about to go seriously off the rails. Gustav White loves working for Marlin. Marlin is the big tech company that everyone loves. You can buy anything from Marlin and next day delivery is guaranteed. They're even pioneering the next generation of self-driving cars and robot delivery drones. Gustav loves Marlin. Ruby Jallow is an ethics consultant. She specialises in looking at Artificial Intelligence systems and solving the moral questions that arise. It's her job to make sure everything at Marlin is fair and honest and serves the general good. She likes her job. Marlin was founded on the principle that it exists to serve everyone in the most efficient way possible. Marlin loves its employees and its customers. Nothing bad will ever happen at Marlin. The self-driving cars won't start running people over. The delivery drones won't start violent turf wars with each other. Crash test dummies won't start questioning the purpose of their existence and seek out a more fulfilling life. None of these things will EVER happen at Marlin. Marlin is good. A prescient and satirical novel, perfect for fans of The Circle, Severance and The Office.

Take a mind-bending ride through the thoughts of others. Constance Wileman was once a meat avatar, the flesh and blood puppet of the rich and powerful who would rather take someone else's body out on the town instead of risking their own. But Constance has now escaped that life and is part of the team at Symbio that will finally allow human observers to experience life through the eyes and ears (and all the other senses) of animals. Randolph Howard is a bodyhacker, a skilled criminal who can effortlessly slip in and out of the minds and bodies of those people who haven't installed the proper security protocols. He's been offered a job that he simply can't refuse, a most unusual burglary job... Damba is a four hundred pound silverback gorilla. He just wants to spend his days, chilling out and eating his greens. But Randolph Howard and the people at Symbio have some very different plans. In a future where we open up our minds to others a little more than we should, a woman, a man and a gorilla get involved in the craziest heist ever. An electrifying novella perfect for fans of Black Mirror, Severance and The Peripheral.

New friends come along in all shapes and sizes and often at the most unexpected of times. It's very rare for new friends to be knocked out of the sky by a passing TV satellite and fall to earth in the allotments behind your house. It's also quite rare for new friends to have wings, a glowing halo and powers that are out of this world...

The world's last day has arrived. Hell itself has come to earth. Streets of fire, rivers of blood and the trains aren't running on time.But Morag Murray isn't going down without a fight. And, as the mother to the anti-Christ, she feels a wee bit responsible.And she's not the only one who wants to hold off the invasion. Even some of the Venislarn residents on earth might prefer a world with decent wi-fi and proper coffee to the hell promised by their gods. And maybe - just maybe - with the aid of a possessed voodoo doll, a fish gangster and her colleagues at the Consular Mission to the Venislarn, they can save something of their world, even after all hope has gone...

When Rose and Violet were brought to the orphanage as babies, no one knew where they had come from or who they truly were. But years later, something has come for Rose and carried her away. With only her horse and an automaton bear to help her, Violet must cross the sea to the Empty City and the castle of the Iron King and do battle with his mechanical army. But will she be able to rescue her sister?

It is 1902. Victoria's steam-powered empire stretches from England to the stars. The Queen's Armoured Hussars patrol the æther. British airships rule the skies of Mars. Great British inventors build bridges across seas and connect the cities of the empire with vast subterranean tunnels. But Britain (and the world) are under threat from unspeakable horrors from beyond. Slumbering gods, diabolic occultists and terrifying monsters from Earth's past conspire to overthrow mankind usher in an age of terrors. Only Professor Erskine Sedgewick - the most insightful mind of the age -and his faithful companion Cadwallander can stop them. Fantastic steampunk derring-do and thrilling cosmic horror collide in this action-packed adventure.

Some bodies just won't stay buried.When a client tells Sam Applewhite she's seen ghosts in the nearby graveyard, Sam dismisses it as the ramblings of an old woman. She's got bigger things to worry about - keeping on top of her job at DefCon4 Security Services isn't easy - particularly since her manager is a cactus and no one will tell her what her job actually is.But when the ghost-spotting client goes missing and only Sam suspects foul play, she is compelled to dig deeper.Aided by her retired stage magician father and the owner of the most outlandish junk shop on the sea front, Sam dives into a mystery involving psychotic seals, unexploded air force munitions, DIY foot surgery and a corpse that just won't quit.

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Take a heart-stopping journey through the appliance zombie uprising. Danny Dolphin works in the Gladskog Tech superstore in a dead-end sales job. His girlfriend, Rachel, has a really important job, saving lives in the hospital and Danny knows he's going to lose her if can't show her how much he loves her. Dr Rachel Mulligan's got her own problems. A patient has come into the hospital with a Gladskog food blender stuck where no human should have a food blender. It's a baffling medical mystery and a sign of horrors to come. Detective Boorman has a mystery of his own to solve when he's attacked by a man with a Gladskog carving knife where his hand used to be. Across the city, consumer goods are literally transforming people's lives and not in a good way. Leap into what's probably the best electronic-goods-zombie-horror novel you'll read this year. Probably. A grisly and hilarious novel, perfect for fans of Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland.

As punishment for his part in an attempted coup in Heaven, the Archangel Michael is banished to Earth. The holiest of the angelic host has to learn to live as a mortal, not an easy job when you've got Satan as a next-door neighbour. Michael soon finds that being a good person involves more than helping out at Sunday school and attending church coffee mornings. He has to find his purpose in life, deal with earthly temptations and solve a mystery involving some unusual monks and a jar of very dangerous jam.

Stephen and his friends spent their teenage years immersed in the fantasy gaming worlds of wizards and warriors, undertaking quests to fight evil occultists, vanquish terrible monsters and rescue damsels in distress.Now, twenty-something years later, there is a real-life quest. Life as a monk has hardly prepared Brother Stephen for the mission ahead. Demon Rutspud is definitely not a damsel, but he is in distress. The evil occultists are real and if Stephen doesn't rescue Rutspud from a fate worse than death, no one will...Sword-wielding Satanists, stir crazy demons, super-smart squirrels, magical garbage and a suitcase that cannot be stopped run riot in a story about the bonds of friendship and dark deeds in suburban cellars.

The Team: Joan of Arc, the armour-plated teen saint of Orleans. Francis of Assisi, friend to all the animals whether they like it or not. St Christopher, the patron saint of travel who by papal decree has never existed - no matter how much he argues otherwise. The Mission: An impossible prayer has been received by Heaven and it's a prayer that only Mary, Mother of God, can answer. Unfortunately, Mary hasn't been seen in decades and is off wandering the Earth somewhere. This elite team of Heavenly saints are sent down to Earth to find Mary before Armageddon is unleashed on an unsuspecting world. Godsquad: A breathless comedy road trip from Heaven to France and all points in-between featuring murderous butchers, a coachload of Welsh women, flying portaloos, nuclear missiles, giant rubber dragons, an army of dogs, a very rude balloon and way too much French wine.

It's the end of the world as we know it, but someone still needs to do the paperwork.Incomprehensible horrors from beyond are going to devour our world but that's no excuse to get all emotional about it. Morag Murray works for the secret government organisation responsible for making sure the apocalypse goes as smoothly and as quietly as possible. In her first week on the job, Morag has to hunt down a man-eating starfish, solve a supernatural murder and, if she's got time, prevent her own inevitable death.The first book in a new comedy series by the creators of 'Clovenhoof', Oddjobs is a sideswipe at the world of work and a fantastical adventure featuring amphibian wannabe gangstas, mad old cat ladies, ancient gods, apocalyptic scrabble, fish porn, telepathic curry and, possibly, the end of the world before the weekend.

Life at St Cadfan's is never dull. There's the cellar full of unexplained corpses. There's the struggle to find food when the island is placed under quarantine. And there's that peculiar staircase in the cellar... Being a demon in Hell has its own problems. There's the increasingly impossible torture quotas to meet. There's the entire horde of Hell waiting for you to slip up and make a mistake. And there's that weird staircase in the service tunnels... Brother Stephen of St Cadfan's and Rutpsud of the Sixth Circle, natural enemies and the most unnatural of friends, join forces to solve a murder mystery, save a rare species from extinction and stop Hell itself exploding. The fourth novel in the Clovenhoof series, Hellzapoppin' is an astonishing comedy featuring suicidal sea birds, deadly plagues, exploding barbecues, dancing rats, magical wardrobes, King Arthur's American descendants, mole-hunting monks, demonic possession and way too much seaweed beer.