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'This book is a joy to read, unlocking every bit of delicious promise in the premise'B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog
Meet Greta Helsing, doctor to the undead.
After inheriting a highly specialised, and highly peculiar, medical practice, Dr Helsing spends her days treating London's undead for a host of ills: vocal strain in banshees, arthritis in barrow-wights and entropy in mummies. Although barely making ends meet, this is just the quiet, supernatural-adjacent life Greta's dreamed of since childhood.
But when a sect of murderous monks emerges, killing human undead and alike, Greta must use all her unusual skills to keep her supernatural clients - and the rest of London - safe.
'Shaw balances an agile mystery with a pitch-perfect, droll narrative and cast of loveable misfit characters'
Shelf Awareness
'An imaginative, delightfully droll debut'
Kirkus
Genre: Horror
Meet Greta Helsing, doctor to the undead.
After inheriting a highly specialised, and highly peculiar, medical practice, Dr Helsing spends her days treating London's undead for a host of ills: vocal strain in banshees, arthritis in barrow-wights and entropy in mummies. Although barely making ends meet, this is just the quiet, supernatural-adjacent life Greta's dreamed of since childhood.
But when a sect of murderous monks emerges, killing human undead and alike, Greta must use all her unusual skills to keep her supernatural clients - and the rest of London - safe.
'Shaw balances an agile mystery with a pitch-perfect, droll narrative and cast of loveable misfit characters'
Shelf Awareness
'An imaginative, delightfully droll debut'
Kirkus
Genre: Horror
Praise for this book
"An exceptional and delightful debut, in the tradition of Good Omens." - Elizabeth Bear
"A darkly delicious adventure featuring a quirky new heroine. Strange Practice breathes new life into the undead." - James Bennett
"A satisfying and surprising read, with rich imagery, nuance, and real compassion for its characters - give Strange Practice a shot!" - Elliott James
"Written with elegance, wit, and compassion. The prose is gorgeous, the wit is mordant, and the ideas are provocative. Also, there are ghouls." - Laura Amy Schlitz
"In Vivian Shaw's Strange Practice, a charmingly unusual doctor and her charges keep the city of London from grave danger. In the process, they peel back the covers of familiar (and according to them, somewhat 'libelous') stories to find that reality - especially with the undead - is more poignant and complex than it seems at first glance. An excellent adventure." - Fran Wilde
"A darkly delicious adventure featuring a quirky new heroine. Strange Practice breathes new life into the undead." - James Bennett
"A satisfying and surprising read, with rich imagery, nuance, and real compassion for its characters - give Strange Practice a shot!" - Elliott James
"Written with elegance, wit, and compassion. The prose is gorgeous, the wit is mordant, and the ideas are provocative. Also, there are ghouls." - Laura Amy Schlitz
"In Vivian Shaw's Strange Practice, a charmingly unusual doctor and her charges keep the city of London from grave danger. In the process, they peel back the covers of familiar (and according to them, somewhat 'libelous') stories to find that reality - especially with the undead - is more poignant and complex than it seems at first glance. An excellent adventure." - Fran Wilde
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