Dreadful Company

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Vivian Shaw: Dreadful Company (2018, Little, Brown Book Group Limited)

320 pages

English language

Published Nov. 6, 2018 by Little, Brown Book Group Limited.

ISBN:
978-0-356-50889-4
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4 stars (5 reviews)

"Contemporary fantasy in the world of Strange Practice, starring Dr. Greta Helsing, whose family has been keeping the supernatural community not-alive and well for generations. Contemporary fantasy in the world of Strange Practice, starring Dr. Greta Helsing, whose family has been keeping the supernatural community not-alive and well for generations. When Greta Helsing, doctor to the undead, is unexpectedly called to Paris to present at a medical conference, she expects nothing more exciting than professional discourse on zombie reconstructive surgery and skin disease in bogeymen -- and hopefully at least one uneventful night at the Opera. Unfortunately for Greta, Paris happens to be infested with a coven of vampires -- and not the civilized kind. If she hopes to survive, Greta must navigate the darkest corners of the City of Lights, the maze of ancient catacombs and mine-tunnels underneath the streets, where there is more to find than simply dead …

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reviewed Dreadful company by Vivian Shaw (A Dr. Greta Helsing novel -- 2)

Strong continuation

4 stars

Love a damsel in distress who rescues herself. Love love a love interest and would-be rescue team who roll with it. Plus bonus tribbles.

TW for kidnapping, imprisonment, and pretending everything is fine when a leader’s behavior is completely unhinged.

Okay and look I’m not saying “Crepusculus” is a bad name for one half of a buddy cop/ghost detective/hunter/“remedial psychopomp” duo, in fact it’s a brilliant name, I’m just saying it could been such a better name for someone involved in the dawn as well as the dusk of life.

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  • Fiction, fantasy, contemporary