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Strange Practice

A Dr Greta Helsing Novel
By Vivian Shaw
Series: Dr Greta Helsing
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Strange Practice by Vivian Shaw is a captivating blend of urban fantasy and paranormal intrigue, featuring Dr Greta Helsing, a physician specializing in treating supernatural beings. Living in London, she attends to creatures like vampires and ghouls, but when a series of bizarre murders occur, it's up to Dr Helsing and her unconventional friends to uncover the source of this dark threat. The novel cleverly weaves together fantasy elements with mystery, crafting a unique and engaging storyline.
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If you relish tales where the supernatural meets the medical, this book offers an intriguing world. Following a doctor who treats London's undead and mythical beings, it provides a mix of mystery, humour, and unique characters amidst a richly constructed urban fantasy setting.

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The first book in a fun contemporary fantasy series that introduces the fast-talking Greta Helsing, doctor to London's supernatural community.

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Meet Greta Helsing, fast-talking doctor to the undead. Keeping the supernatural community not-alive and well in London has been her family's speciality for generations.

After inheriting a highly specialised—and highly peculiar—medical practice, Dr Helsing spends her days treating the 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 been preparing for since childhood.

But when a sect of murderous monks starts attacking Londoners, undead and human alike, and terror takes hold of the city, Greta must use all her unusual skills to keep her supernatural clients—and the rest of London—safe.

Strange Practice is the start of an exciting contemporary fantasy series.

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  • Dreadful Company
    This book is a joy to read, unlocking every bit of delicious promise in the premise B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog on Strange Practice When Greta Helsing, doctor to the undead, is called to Paris to present at a medical conference, she expects nothing more exciting than professional discourse on zombie reconstructive surgery. Unfortunately for Greta, Paris happens to be...
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  • Strange New World
    Vivian Shaw knocks it out of the park yet again. If you aren't reading Dr Greta Helsing, you're missing out. T. Kingfisher, New York Times bestselling author Strange New World finds Greta Helsing, doctor to the undead, facing the strangest challenge of her career... accompanying an anxious angel and a sullen demon on a road trip across America in the...
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  • Strange Practice
    Meet Greta Helsing, fast-talking doctor to the undead. Keeping the supernatural community not-alive and well in London has been her family's speciality for generations. After inheriting a highly specialised—and highly peculiar—medical practice, Dr Helsing spends her days treating the undead for a host of ills: vocal strain in banshees, arthritis in barrow-wights and entropy in mummies. Although barely making ends...
    By Vivian Shaw
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  • Grave Importance
    This book is a joy to read, unlocking every bit of delicious promise in the premise B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog on Strange Practice Meet Greta Helsing, doctor to the undead. In the hills above Marseille, Oasis Natrun is a highly secret health spa for mummies, equipped with the very latest therapeutic innovations, both magical and medical. To Dr Greta...
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Vivian Shaw's Strange Practice is celebrated for its unique blend of humour, mystery, and urban fantasy. The book is widely praised for its inventive plot, well-developed characters, and engaging world-building. Reviewers highlight Dr Greta Helsing's charm as a protagonist, and many are eager to see more of her adventures in a potential series.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780356508870

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 July 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Orbit

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 131.0mm

Height: 199.0mm

Weight: 273g

Pages: 400

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About the Author

Vivian Shaw was born in Kenya and spent her early childhood at home in England before relocating to the US at the age of seven. She has a BA in art history and an MFA in creative writing, and has worked in academic publishing and development while researching everything from the history of spaceflight to supernatural physiology. In her spare time, she writes fan fiction under the name of Coldhope.

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  • Dreadful Company
    This book is a joy to read, unlocking every bit of delicious promise in the premise B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog on Strange Practice When Greta Helsing, doctor to the undead, is called to Paris to present at a medical conference, she expects nothing more exciting than professional discourse on zombie reconstructive surgery. Unfortunately for Greta, Paris happens to be...
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  • Strange New World
    Vivian Shaw knocks it out of the park yet again. If you aren't reading Dr Greta Helsing, you're missing out. T. Kingfisher, New York Times bestselling author Strange New World finds Greta Helsing, doctor to the undead, facing the strangest challenge of her career... accompanying an anxious angel and a sullen demon on a road trip across America in the...
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  • Grave Importance
    This book is a joy to read, unlocking every bit of delicious promise in the premise B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog on Strange Practice Meet Greta Helsing, doctor to the undead. In the hills above Marseille, Oasis Natrun is a highly secret health spa for mummies, equipped with the very latest therapeutic innovations, both magical and medical. To Dr Greta...
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