Strange Practice: A Dr. Greta Helsing Novel
Autor Vivian Shawen Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 iul 2017
Greta Helsing inherited her family's highly specialized and highly peculiar medical practice. In her consulting rooms, Dr. Helsing treats the undead for a host of ills - vocal strain in banshees, arthritis in barrow-wights, and entropy in mummies. Although she barely makes ends meet, this is just the quiet, supernatural-adjacent life Greta's been groomed for since childhood.
Until a sect of murderous monks emerges, killing human and undead Londoners alike. As terror takes hold of the city, Greta must use her unusual skills to stop the cult if she hopes to save her practice, and her life.
Strange
Practiceis
the
first
novel
in
Shaw's
debut
series,
the
Dr.
Greta
Helsing
Novels
-
perfect
for
fans
ofNeverwhereand
V.
E.
Schwab.
Dr.
Greta
Helsing
Novels
Strange
Practice
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316434607
ISBN-10: 0316434604
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 143 x 213 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Orbit
Colecția Orbit
Seria A Dr. Greta Helsing Novel
ISBN-10: 0316434604
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 143 x 213 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Orbit
Colecția Orbit
Seria A Dr. Greta Helsing Novel
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Notă biografică
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.
Recenzii
"In
Vivian
Shaw'sStrange
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,
award-winning
author
of
Updraft,
Cloudbound,
and
Horizon
"Strange Practiceis 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, Newbery Medal winner
"A satisfying and surprising read, with rich imagery, nuance, and real compassion for its characters--giveStrange Practicea shot!"—Elliott James, author of Charming
"An exceptional and delightful debut, in the tradition ofGood OmensandA Night in the Lonesome October."—Elizabeth Bear, Hugo-award winning author
"A darkly delicious adventure featuring a quirky new heroine.Strange Practicebreathes new life into the undead."—James Bennett, author of Chasing Embers
"Shaw's lively debut introduces a great cast of characters who should sustain this new series for many volumes to come.... Shaw brings her Victorian monsters into the modern age."—Library Journal
"Shaw balances an agile mystery with a pitch-perfect, droll narrative and cast of lovable misfit characters. These are not your mother's Dracula or demons ...Strange Practiceis a super(natural) read."—Shelf Awareness
"An appropriately dark breath of fresh air."—Booklist
"Readers will look forward to more of Greta's adventures. An imaginative, delightfully droll debut."—Kirkus
"A book to settle into. A warm quilt of a thing that's made for curling up with ... I miss this newest Helming already."—NPR
"This book is a joy to read, unlocking every bit of delicious promise in the premise."—B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog
"What a splendid adventure this is - Dr. Greta Helming is a brilliant character, world-weary doctor on-call at all hours, sorting out the ills of the undead and trying to run her Harley Street practice without drawing too much (or any) attention to her patients from the living world ... a splendid new urban fantasy series."—Espressococo
"Strange Practicesurprises and delights. It's completely different from anything I've read before. It ticks so many boxes: action, mystery, suspense, an exciting and different world adjacent to our own to name but a few. But the greatest elements of the book are the characters. They shine."—The Bookbag
"Enchanted me from the very first page ... I just couldn't put it down. When I say that there is nothing like this book out there, I mean it, and that's a damn good thing."—Book Worm Blues
"Occasionally I can pick up a book, start to read and know within a couple of pages that I am going to be absolutely hooked.Strange Practiceis a splendid case in point. Vampires, demons, ghouls, supernatural cults and all manner of inexplicable jiggery-pokery. What's not to love? I can only hope Vivian Shaw writes many more Greta Helming novels ... I can tell you now that if she does write more I'll be first in line to read them."—The Eloquent Page
"A delightful ensemble mystery featuring some of literature's favorite vampires (and one really great demon)."—NPR
"An absolute delight to read ... this is a remarkably well-realized world and cast of characters; it really isn't very long before you find yourself not only enjoying the story but the world demi-monde Greta moves in, a world where you can take the regular London Bus or Underground but which also has ghouls in the sewers, or Lord Ruthven in his Embankment House grand home."—Forbidden Planet
"For a book filled with creatures who ironically want to suck your blood, by the end it is a radiantly positive, life-affirming tale that won me over surprisingly quickly and with effortless prose that simply engages the reader from the start ... But most of all, and perhaps surprisingly for a book filled with monsters,Strange Practicehas a lot of heart. The characters clearly care for each other and their mutual investment in each other's well-being leads to a book where you want to see that all is well. Vivian is to be commended for writing an entertaining book with characters that the reader will love -- even the undead!"—SFFWorld
"Shaw's nifty spin on classic horror literature is fresh and clever.... The author has packed her book with characters who are a pleasure to spend time with."—SciFiNow
"A marvelous new character.... I can't wait for the next one!"—The Williamsport Sun-Gazette
"Strange Practiceis 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, Newbery Medal winner
"A satisfying and surprising read, with rich imagery, nuance, and real compassion for its characters--giveStrange Practicea shot!"—Elliott James, author of Charming
"An exceptional and delightful debut, in the tradition ofGood OmensandA Night in the Lonesome October."—Elizabeth Bear, Hugo-award winning author
"A darkly delicious adventure featuring a quirky new heroine.Strange Practicebreathes new life into the undead."—James Bennett, author of Chasing Embers
"Shaw's lively debut introduces a great cast of characters who should sustain this new series for many volumes to come.... Shaw brings her Victorian monsters into the modern age."—Library Journal
"Shaw balances an agile mystery with a pitch-perfect, droll narrative and cast of lovable misfit characters. These are not your mother's Dracula or demons ...Strange Practiceis a super(natural) read."—Shelf Awareness
"An appropriately dark breath of fresh air."—Booklist
"Readers will look forward to more of Greta's adventures. An imaginative, delightfully droll debut."—Kirkus
"A book to settle into. A warm quilt of a thing that's made for curling up with ... I miss this newest Helming already."—NPR
"This book is a joy to read, unlocking every bit of delicious promise in the premise."—B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog
"What a splendid adventure this is - Dr. Greta Helming is a brilliant character, world-weary doctor on-call at all hours, sorting out the ills of the undead and trying to run her Harley Street practice without drawing too much (or any) attention to her patients from the living world ... a splendid new urban fantasy series."—Espressococo
"Strange Practicesurprises and delights. It's completely different from anything I've read before. It ticks so many boxes: action, mystery, suspense, an exciting and different world adjacent to our own to name but a few. But the greatest elements of the book are the characters. They shine."—The Bookbag
"Enchanted me from the very first page ... I just couldn't put it down. When I say that there is nothing like this book out there, I mean it, and that's a damn good thing."—Book Worm Blues
"Occasionally I can pick up a book, start to read and know within a couple of pages that I am going to be absolutely hooked.Strange Practiceis a splendid case in point. Vampires, demons, ghouls, supernatural cults and all manner of inexplicable jiggery-pokery. What's not to love? I can only hope Vivian Shaw writes many more Greta Helming novels ... I can tell you now that if she does write more I'll be first in line to read them."—The Eloquent Page
"A delightful ensemble mystery featuring some of literature's favorite vampires (and one really great demon)."—NPR
"An absolute delight to read ... this is a remarkably well-realized world and cast of characters; it really isn't very long before you find yourself not only enjoying the story but the world demi-monde Greta moves in, a world where you can take the regular London Bus or Underground but which also has ghouls in the sewers, or Lord Ruthven in his Embankment House grand home."—Forbidden Planet
"For a book filled with creatures who ironically want to suck your blood, by the end it is a radiantly positive, life-affirming tale that won me over surprisingly quickly and with effortless prose that simply engages the reader from the start ... But most of all, and perhaps surprisingly for a book filled with monsters,Strange Practicehas a lot of heart. The characters clearly care for each other and their mutual investment in each other's well-being leads to a book where you want to see that all is well. Vivian is to be commended for writing an entertaining book with characters that the reader will love -- even the undead!"—SFFWorld
"Shaw's nifty spin on classic horror literature is fresh and clever.... The author has packed her book with characters who are a pleasure to spend time with."—SciFiNow
"A marvelous new character.... I can't wait for the next one!"—The Williamsport Sun-Gazette