Grave Importance

De: Vivian Shaw

Narrado por: Suzannah Hampton

A charmingly witty fantasy adventure starring Greta Helsing, doctor to the undead, who must solve a dangerous medical mystery at a secret French spa for mummies.

Oasis Natrun: a private, exclusive, highly secret luxury health spa for mummies, high in the hills above Marseille, equipped with the very latest in therapeutic innovations both magical and medical. To Dr. Greta Helsing, London's de facto mummy specialist, it sounds like paradise. But when Greta is invited to spend four months there as the interim clinical director, it isn't long before she finds herself faced with a medical mystery that will take all her diagnostic skills to solve.

A peculiar complaint is spreading among her mummy patients, one she's never seen before. With help from her friends and colleagues -- including Dr. Faust (yes, that Dr. Faust), a sleepy scribe-god, witches, demons, a British Museum curator, and the inimitable vampyre Sir Francis Varney -- Greta must put a stop to this mysterious illness before anybody else crumbles to irreparable dust...

...and before the fabric of reality itself can undergo any more structural damage.

Praise for the Dr. Greta Helsing Novels:

"An exceptional and delightful debut, in the tradition of Good Omens and A Night in the Lonesome October."―Elizabeth Bear, Hugo-award winning author

"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."―Shelf Awareness

Dr. Greta Helsing Novels
Strange Practice
Dreadful Company
Grave Importance

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Shaw's characters, both human and supernatural (ghouls, witches, screaming skulls, oh my!), are genuinely fascinating, and her prose is just as droll and witty as ever, but it's Greta, with her big heart and determination to do the right thing, that makes this series sparkle. Readers will be happy to be pulled along in Greta's bustling wake.... A delightfully gothic contemporary urban fantasy series. "—Kirkus

"Intelligent prose and an intriguing cast of characters enhance the range of story lines, culminating in a breathtaking climax. Shaw's third "Dr. Greta Helsing" novel (after Dreadful Company) blends medical mystery and fantasy adventure to wrap up a delightfully modern undead trilogy."—Library Journal

"In Vivian Shaw's Strange 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."—p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000}span.s1 {font-kerning: none}Fran Wilde, award-winning author of Updraft, Cloudbound, and Horizon, on Strange Practice

"Strange Practice is written with elegance, wit, and compassion. The prose is gorgeous, the wit is mordant, and the ideas are provocative. Also, there are ghouls."—p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000}span.s1 {font-kerning: none}Laura Amy Schlitz, Newbery Medal winner, on Strange Practice

"A satisfying and surprising read, with rich imagery, nuance, and real compassion for its characters--give Strange Practice a shot!"—Elliott James, author of Charming, on Strange Practice

"A darkly delicious adventure featuring a quirky new heroine. Strange Practice breathes new life into the undead."—James Bennett, author of Chasing Embers, on Strange Practice

"An exceptional and delightful debut, in the tradition of Good Omens and A Night in the Lonesome October."—Elizabeth Bear, Hugo-award winning author, on Strange Practice

"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 Practice is a super(natural) read."—Shelf Awareness on Strange Practice

"An appropriately dark breath of fresh air."—Booklist on Strange Practice

"Readers will look forward to more of Greta's adventures. An imaginative, delightfully droll debut."—Kirkus on Strange Practice

Very enjoyable!!

The third book of Greta Helsing was a wonderful listen. I enjoyed the mummies and the Egyptian storyline. I was also thrilled with the trip to hell. I can’t wait for the next book in the series. I love listening to books that can take you out of your own reality.

As the scope grows the cohesion suffers

Hellsing once again proves she’s competent in the face of ever increasing ridiculousness. While I enjoyed the overall story (and the narrator!) it was harder overall to feel any emotional depth with the many (many) viewpoints we had to be subject to. While I understand the desire to once more up the stakes and make everyone involved, there wasn’t enough time to really get emotionally invested in any one person’s plight. I was exhausted as hellsing during the climatic final third of the book because there was just so much going on. The varney stuff is cute but I the end it just didn’t grip me like the first novel did (even though I loved! All the spa and spa related stuff. Cut out everything else and it would have been delightful). Overall I’d you want to see the conclusion to the varneyxhellsing stuff you’ll want to stick around for it but not the most compelling.

Awesome!

A really fantastic volume in Dr. Greta Helsing's adventures. I've loved every volume and this was no exception!

big Vivian Shaw fan

I have loved all of the Greta VanHelsing books and am sad this is the last. Dr. Greta, physician to the supernatural, goes to an elite spa in France to work with mummies, and as usual, it gets complicated. This book gives the insight into varney, and Ruthven and you'll even enjoy Hell a bit. No hairy deep literature here, just entertainment.

Fun

I really enjoyed the characters and their interactions. Very entertaining. I have read these books three times already. I hope there are more to come.

Fun with Mummies

Book 3 was quite complicated with a bit of deus ex machina, quite literally. It's fun with the good guys who are usually cast as the bad guys - demons, mummies, vampires and ghouls. The only challenge is the narrator doesn't have a different voice for each of the characters and it becomes challenging to tell who's doing/saying what. However, she does have good emotion and phrasing as well as subtle accents.

Fantastic Story!

I became a Vivian Shaw and a Dr. Greta Helsing fan last year. Loved the return of all the characters. If you love the first two, you will enjoy this. I hope this isn't the last story about Greta Helsing, but I think it is :( This is a great series for anyone that loves the supernatural, sci-fi , and mystery.

Story lost its way

I liked the book until it ended with a bit of a preachy whimper.

Love this series!

Love Greta; love Varney, & the other characters. Narration is perfect. Great stories. I’m entertained. Looking forward to more.

Please don’t end!

I did not want this trilogy to end. Vivian Shaw’s writing is so rich and descriptive and Suzannah Hampton’s reading so lovely that listening to the trilogy was like savoring a particularly fine meal. I wish it had never ended.