{"product_id":"strange-practice-paperback","title":"Strange Practice - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVivian Shaw\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first book in a delightfully witty fantasy series in which Dr. Greta Helsing, doctor to the undead, must defend London from both supernatural ailments and a bloodthirsty cult\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGreta 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUntil 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the Dr. Greta Helsing Novels: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An exceptional and delightful debut, in the tradition of \u003ci\u003eGood Omens\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Night in the Lonesome October\u003c\/i\u003e.\"―Elizabeth Bear, Hugo-award winning author \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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.\"―\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. Greta Helsing Novels\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStrange Practice \u003cbr\u003eDreadful Company \u003cbr\u003eGrave Importance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVivian Shaw\u003c\/b\u003e wears way too many earrings and likes edged weapons and expensive ink. She was born in Kenya and has lived in Cardiff, Oxford, and Baltimore. She has a BA in art history, an MFA in creative writing and publishing arts, and currently works as a professional freelance editor and proofreader. She writes about monsters, both in and out of classic horror literature; machines, extant and fantastical; disasters and their causes; and found family. She is the author of the Dr. Greta Helsing contemporary fantasy trilogy, \u003ci\u003eStrange Practice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDreadful Company\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGrave Importance\u003c\/i\u003e. Her short fiction\/horror fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eUncanny\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePseudopod\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 25, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42176766115975,"sku":"9780316434607","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/aeea274d60bbcb49f0367383aeec3170.webp?v=1733392380","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/strange-practice-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}