{"product_id":"grave-importance-vivian-shaw-9780316434652","title":"Grave Importance","description":"\u003cb\u003eA 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ...and before the fabric of reality itself can undergo any more structural damage. \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 Good Omens and A Night in the Lonesome October.\"―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\u003e Dreadful Company \u003cbr\u003e Grave Importance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vivian Shaw\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0316434655\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316434652\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Orbit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/24\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/08\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/02\/2019 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2019 pg. 58","brand":"Vivian Shaw","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051938607359,"sku":"9780316434652","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_70c20639-3d23-4440-826a-a3bfa7bada1f.jpg?v=1685016072","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/grave-importance-vivian-shaw-9780316434652","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}