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Tim Prasil writes novels about a quirky yet brilliant ghost hunter named Vera Van Slyke. The tales are told in the voice Lida Bergson, a former Spiritualist medium who Vera debunked. Nonetheless, Vera and Lida became friends, a sort of Holmes and Watson with ghosts.

There are three novels so far.

1) Help for the Haunted is a "composite novel" featuring thirteen distinct yet interwoven adventures set between 1899 and 1909. It's a good place to start (though, really, readers can start with any of the books)>

2) Guilt Is a Ghost is a traditional novel that explains how the lead duo met in 1899. Something terrible happened at that meeting, and the place became haunted. Vera and Lida return to investigate in 1903!

3) The Hound of the Seven Mounds fi ...more

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If you could travel to any fictional book world, where would you go and what would you do there?

Tim Prasil For some unfathomable reason, I'm attracted to the often-gloomy settings of Thomas Hardy's novels. Think Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Jude the Obscur…moreFor some unfathomable reason, I'm attracted to the often-gloomy settings of Thomas Hardy's novels. Think Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure. They're set in England's West Country.

Is it the accent? Is it the haunted moors? Is it the atmosphere of tragedy? Who knows? It just seems like a great place to warm up at the pub on a miserable night. And that's what I would do there.(less)

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Tim Prasil I'm in the early stages of the third novel in the Vera Van Slyke Ghostly Mysteries series. Since Vera and her "sidekick" Lida have rather strong paral…moreI'm in the early stages of the third novel in the Vera Van Slyke Ghostly Mysteries series. Since Vera and her "sidekick" Lida have rather strong parallels to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, I decided to make this story an American spin on The Hound of the Baskervilles, the great Holmes mystery.

Curiously, Arthur Conan Doyle's The House of the Baskervilles has rather strong parallels to The House of the Seven Gables, an earlier novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne. There's an alleged family curse. A painting of a sinister ancestor who resembles a living descendant. A brother recently out of prison. I'm trying to work all of these elements into my own story -- but in ways that are amusing and possibly even clever!(less)

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	Help For The Haunted: A Decade of Vera Van Slyke Ghostly Mysteries (1899 - 1909) 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Giving Up the Ghosts: Short-Lived Occult Detective Series by Six Renowned Authors by Tim Prasil (Goodreads Author) (editor), Gelett Burgess, Algernon Blackwood 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spectral Edition: Ghost Reports from U.S. Newspapers, 1865-1917 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lost Limericks of Edgar Allan Poe it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Guilt Is a Ghost: A Vera Van Slyke Ghostly Mystery (Vera Van Slyke Ghostly Mysteries Book 2) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ghostly Clients & Demonic Culprits: The Roots of Occult Detective Fiction 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Echoing Ghost Stories: Literary Reflections of Oral Tradition by Tim Prasil (Goodreads Author), Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Certain Nocturnal Disturbances: Ghost Hunting Before the Victorians it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	After the End of the Line: Railroad Hauntings in Literature and Lore by Tim Prasil (Goodreads Author), Charles Dickens, Bret Harte 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Victorian Ghost Hunter's Casebook it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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