The poster for York supernatural thriller author C.M. Vassie’s book launch of SCRAVIR III – Possession at the Whitby Shop this evening
THE third book in York author C.M. Vassie’s SCRAVIR trilogy of Whitby supernatural thrillers will be launched at a 5pm to 7pm signing session this evening at the Whitby Shop, on Church Street, amid the buzz of Whitby Goth Weekend.
Further book signings for SCRAVIR III – Possession will follow at the same shop tomorrow at 2pm to 4pm and Whitby Bookshop, on Church Street, on Sunday from 12 noon to 2pm.
Then, as part of the first Whitby Literature Festival Fringe, Vassie will hold a book signing/meet & greet session at Holman’s bookshop, on Skinner Street, on November 8 from 2pm to 4pm.
He is not only an author but also the City of York councillor for Wheldrake with a long back story as a music composer for the BBC too.
“While the SCRAVIR books are dark and nasty, they are nowhere as dark or as nasty as local politics,” says Liberal Democrats Councillor Christian Vassie/author C.M. Vassie.
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
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 original book, SCRAVIR – While Whitby Sleeps appeared in the summer of 2021; the second, SCRAVIR II – Lacklight, published in 2023, continued the gothic horror story.
Vassie also wrote the time-travelling adventure The Whitby Trap. SCRAVIR III – Possession will retail at £10.99.
The book cover to C.M. Vassie’s SCRAVIR III – Possession
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HOLMAN’S bookshop is celebrating its 105th anniversary over Whitby Goth Weekend, an occasion marked by the launch of owner Angela O’Connor’s commemorative book, Holman’s, Whitby’s Time Travelling Bookshop, charting the bookshop’s history.
“Angela spent a great deal of time researching at the Whitby Museum, talking with relatives and other shop keepers along the street,” says C.M. Vassie.
“Having spent days in the Whitby Museum researching for my time-travelling story The Whitby Trap, I know how difficult it can be extracting stuff from the archives!
“Interestingly, three members of staff have covered the entire 105 years of Holman’s existence, the last lady retiring earlier this year after nearly half a century at the shop.”
