Mick Cahilly is a Cliche. An alcoholic Irish cop on the streets of New York, he's not only suffered a loss of faith, he's spent the last five years trying to smash its shadow from his soul with good whiskey. But things are never as simple as they seem, and when the body of an angel is found butchered on the steps of the White House, Mick's oldest friend makes sure he gets the case. Because he has a reputation of solving cases of the strange and unusual, and they don't come any crazier than this one. And as he chain - smokes his way through it, perennially nursing a sore head thanks to the...

Something is amiss in the sleepy English Cheshire village of Pickforth. All his life, the local music teacher has had a recurring dream of a girl screaming his name in a darkened field. Weary of the responsibilities of teaching and aching for the days when he was simply a travelling Country singer, as the years have gone by his dream's become more intense, and now, upon waking from one, he realises he's somehow drawn a map. His best friend, The Gaffer, has a problem too. For years the two of them have enjoyed nothing so much as a quiet pint and the chance to spin yarns about the mythical town...