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Genre: Fantasy - Paranormal & Urban - Paranormal

Holy Trinity & the Ghosts of York

Mira Chaudhri didn’t believe in ghosts until one killed the electrician.

Yesterday, Mira was a perfectly ordinary inhabitant of the historical city of York. Tonight, she’s going to learn that every scary story ever told about her city is true, and many more besides. But only one woman knows them all…

Holly Trinity has protected the city for longer than she’d care to admit. A lifetime spent battling supernatural horrors, patrolling the boundaries of the spirit world, and fighting off hell itself with nothing but an umbrella and a Kate Bush mixtape.

But now Holly needs a helping hand, and Mira’s about to become her new best friend.

Welcome to York. Where owt’s possible.

Holly Trinity and the Ghosts of York is the first novel in Ben Sawyer’s series of urban fantasy stories.

"Manages to wrap you in its fine layers of wordplay, unique atmosphere and folklore."
"There is a richness to [the characters], in the same way as there is a richness to the old bones of York. There are layers to everything, the plot is deeper than it first appears. Deeper and darker, there are more twists and turns than the old streets of York itself."
"The idea of battling ghosts while singing Kate Bush is mad, and wonderful, and that's a good description of the entire book."

Monsters at the Gate

The show must go on, at least if York's eternal guardian has anything to say about it.

An infamous cursed play is to be performed for the first time in decades in the city of a thousand ghost stories. With mysterious men in top hats unleashing supernatural mayhem in the wings, it’s up to Holly Trinity and Mira Chaudhri to ensure that everyone makes it to opening night alive.

But something older and more dangerous is also at hand. A source of unearthly power has been unleashed on the city, and enemies old and new scheme to bend it to their will. With a summer-long historic festival in full swing, an entire tourist season stands to be caught in the crossfire.

The curtain is rising, and the Mummers will be here for the carnival…

The Masque of the Mummers

Mira Chaudhri didn’t believe in ghosts until one killed the electrician.

Yesterday, Mira was a perfectly ordinary inhabitant of the historical city of York. Tonight, she’s going to learn that every scary story ever told about her city is true, and many more besides. But only one woman knows them all…

Holly Trinity has protected the city for longer than she’d care to admit. A lifetime spent battling supernatural horrors, patrolling the boundaries of the spirit world, and fighting off hell itself with nothing but an umbrella and a Kate Bush mixtape.

But now Holly needs a helping hand, and Mira’s about to become her new best friend.

Welcome to York. Where owt’s possible.

Holly Trinity and the Ghosts of York is the first novel in Ben Sawyer’s series of urban fantasy stories.

"Manages to wrap you in its fine layers of wordplay, unique atmosphere and folklore."
"There is a richness to [the characters], in the same way as there is a richness to the old bones of York. There are layers to everything, the plot is deeper than it first appears. Deeper and darker, there are more twists and turns than the old streets of York itself."
"The idea of battling ghosts while singing Kate Bush is mad, and wonderful, and that's a good description of the entire book."