York author C.M. Vassie in 1820s’ attire at the Whitby launch of his time-travelling book The Whitby TRAP. Now comes his third SCRAVIR thriller, Possession
THE third book in York author C.M. Vassie’s SCRAVIR trilogy of supernatural thrillers, SCRAVIR III – Possession, will be launched in Whitby on Halloween weekend.
Bookshops in Whitby will host book signings with Vassie, not only a writer but also the City of York councillor for Wheldrake and a music composer for the BBC, who also will appear at the Whitby Literary Festival the following week.
SCRAVIR is a contemporary gothic horror story that serves up a thriller and a police detective story too. Set in Whitby and Romania, its protagonists are a London youth and a Whitby lass who works in a fish-and-chip shop. The nemesis is a Goth music star and the action takes place over Whitby Goth Weekend when emaciated bodies appear on streets in the old town.
The book cover artwork for C.M. Vassie’s SCRAVIR III – Possession
The original book, SCRAVIR – While Whitby Sleeps appeared in the summer of 2021; the second, SCRAVIR – Lacklight, published in 2023, continued the gothic horror story.
“While the SCRAVIR books are dark and nasty, they are nowhere as dark or as nasty as local politics,” says Councillor Christian Vassie/author C.M. Vassie.
He also wrote the time-travelling adventure The Whitby TRAP. SCRAVIR III – Possession will retail at £10.99.