This review has been corrected to accurately reflect the author's last name. Greta Helsing, doctor to the undead, must defend London from both supernatural ailments and a bloodthirsty cult Greta Helsing inherited her familys highly specialized and highly peculiar medical practice. Shaw has plenty of room to both to continue developing the relationships inside the ensemble cast and add more quirky players in the planned sequel. by Vivian Shaw (Author) (1,124) The first book in a delightfully witty fantasy series in which Dr. Greta Helsing inherited the family's highly specialized, and highly peculiar, medical practice.

Keeping the supernatural community not-alive and well in London has been her family's specialty for generations. But characters recapitulating old angst feel shallow and inauthentic, exposition is directed at no one in particular, and a devil-ex-machina ending devalues the work of the team. Meet Greta Helsing, fast-talking doctor to the undead. Her idea that immortals make friends with families of humans through several generations makes sense. Shaw excels at depictions of long-lived characters who combine old-school aesthetics with an appreciation of modern conveniences readers will be amused by ancient entities coopting modern technology. She joins several supernatural entities and an archivist at the British Museum in stopping a group of homicidal monks with burned skin, glowing blue eyes, and antique weapons who are targeting both the supernatural population and humans they deem wicked. Greta Helsing continues the family business of discreetly providing antibiotics to ghouls, bone replacements to mummies, and pints of blood recovered from medical facilities to vampires. In this comic supernatural mystery debut, Shaw assembles an appealing, amusing collection of London’s modern undead and the humans who care for them.

Strange Practice by Vivian Shaw