- Paperback: 296 pages
- Publisher: New English Library Ltd; New edition edition (3 Feb 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0450599809
- ISBN-13: 978-0450599804
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.9 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 371,994 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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As children, Richard and his friends called themselves the Byker Chapter. Now all that remains are his memories and a special photograph. When the images in the photograph begin to fade, it's as if his friends never existed; someone is stalking the Chapter, a spectre from their past is closing in.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Stephen Laws' "Spectre" is so reminiscent of another British horror writer - Graham Masterton - that it's...well, spooky. It seems to me that there is a particular style that British horror authors tend to go for: that is, fast-paced plots, down-to-earth characters, and primordial monsters once banished from the world and seeking their way back in order to obtain world domination. Spectre has all of those things, and it does them all as well as Masterton ever did. Laws is a top-class writer of suspense and exciting horror, and I am really surprised that he isn't more popular. All of his books are now out-of-print, which is a shame because I have been unable to get hold of most of them.
I can't say that Laws - or this type of horror in general - is particularly scary, but what it lacks in chills it makes up for in thrills. Although I have to say, there was one quite frightening scene in this book involving a ventriloquist's dummy that brought back some childhood fears for me.
Overall, though, top-notch entertainment if you are a horror or dark fantasy fan. If you can get hold of anything by Laws - probably second-hand - I'd say he's well worth the read.
I can't say that Laws - or this type of horror in general - is particularly scary, but what it lacks in chills it makes up for in thrills. Although I have to say, there was one quite frightening scene in this book involving a ventriloquist's dummy that brought back some childhood fears for me.
Overall, though, top-notch entertainment if you are a horror or dark fantasy fan. If you can get hold of anything by Laws - probably second-hand - I'd say he's well worth the read.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Steven Laws is one of todays writers who deserves more recognition for his work. His writing style is fairly simple but well structured making them great to read. His vivid imagination also astounds me as well as his fantastic character build up, I believe he blows a lot of other horror writers out of the water. He has an amazing talent, and his gripping, twisted plots keep you hooked right from the first until the last page. Other books of his I would recommend are 'Chasm' 'Darkfall' and 'Somewhere south of Midnight'. Seen as we have not heard anything from him since 1998, I am hoping he is working on and nearly finished his next amazing creation.
Format:Paperback
ive just reread this book again for the first time in years.i live literally(haha) on the doorstep on where most of the action takes place so can identify with what it was like at the time Mr.Laws wrote this story:Byker Bridge.Imperial.The Ship Inn etc but the bit that chilled me the most was the body being thrown into the Ouseburn and the reanimated tramp who rises up.ive been to that spot many a time in years gone by and ooh what a scare!!!This is a great book and an all out classic.This Ghost Train and The Wrym are my fave Law books.And hes a Geordie to boot.Other local authors of this genre i recomend are Chaz Brenchley and the superb Jonathan Aycliffe(aka Daniel Easterman)whos approach is more Blackwood/M R James.Just try Naomis Room(you wont sleep for a week).
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