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Ghost Virus
- Patel and Pardoe, Book 1
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
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Summary
The girl had been staring into her mirror all morning before she picked up the small bottle of sulphuric acid and poured it over her forehead. Samira was a young woman with her whole life ahead of her. What could have brought her to this?
DC Jerry Pardoe and DS Jamila Patel of Tooting Police suspect it's suicide. But then a meek husband kills his wife, and the headteacher of the local school throws her pupils out of a window. It's no longer a random outbreak of horrific crimes. It's a deadly virus. And it's spreading. Somehow, ordinary Londoners are being infected with an insatiable lust to murder. All of the killers were wearing secondhand clothes.
Could these garments be possessed by some supernatural force?
The death count is multiplying. Now Jerry and Jamila must defeat the ghost virus before they are all infected....
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- Chris Halliday
- 05-04-21
Gory madness from the Master of Horror
I’ve been a fan of Graham Masterton for many years, ever since I snuck THE DEVILS OF D-DAY out of the library at a very young age. This is the first of his that I’ve read for a few years, and it’s plain he’s lost none of his fire. Masterton has a knack of taking an ostensibly ridiculous scenario and not only making it terrifying, but making it real. His world of the supernatural has clear rules, if you can survive long enough to figure them out, and he doesn’t flinch from exploring the horrible consequences.
GHOST VIRUS is a great mash up of British police procedural with supernatural horror, a combination I find irresistible. It’s firmly rooted in multicultural 21st Century Britain, with nods to Brexit and the current political economy, and feels scarier for it.
Mark Meadows does a great job reading this, especially the action scenes. He gives each character a unique voice, without resorting to the kind of cartoonish overacting a lot of narrators do. I’m looking forward to listening to more of his work.
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- Tesia
- 21-04-21
Defo in my top 10 of Graham's books.
This book is definitely in my top 10 of GM's books. Gruesome, engrossing and what a twist at the end. Just fantastic! Mr Meadows narrating all thoughts different voices. A great interpretation for a difficult script.
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- Kyle parrish
- 14-10-20
great book hope there's a sequel would recommen
great book hope there's a sequel would recommend characters were amazing and mark meadows
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- Andromeda's Twin
- 22-11-18
Ludicrous but thoroughly enjoyable horror
Typical Graham Masterton, take a myth and spin a yarn about it (no pun intended).
This book starts with a most horrifying scene which almost turned me off the book entirely, far too graphic and not really necesssary to the story but it IS a horror story after all, and I'm very happy that I carried on listening, it's a ridiculous tale of posessed clothing. Laughable? Perhaps, but hugely entertaining to listen to, thanks in part to Mark Meadows whose narration brings the possesed clothings rampage to life perfectly (again, no pun intended).
I'd say that if you enjoy dark humour and don't mind gore, then this would be perfect for you, but if you are not so keen on gore, then best to avoid this one, it's gory, silly, but very gory.
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- Bonnie D.
- 30-08-22
Bloody Brilliant!!!
This was one of the best fun I’ve had whilst listening to an audiobook. I started it yesterday and just couldn’t put it down. It’s a police procedural with a horror twist and I thought it was bloody brilliant.
The voice acting was just awesome, DI Saunders was my favourite and quite often made me “belly-laugh” out loud.
As a Muslim woman I appreciated that one of the main protagonists was a Muslim female and a very strong character. Jamila was awesome. Loved Jerry too. Well worth a read. I’m thinking this might be my favourite read of 2022.
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- louise vickers
- 02-03-24
Interesting concept, but a disappointing ending
Liked the original concept of people being affected by clothing but would have liked it better if it wasn't just ghosts and it actually was a virus spread through contact with fabric. I thought the final fight with the clothing was slightly daft. Liked the detectives and their blossoming relationship. overall left me wanting and a touch disappointed.
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- Hayles
- 07-12-23
Classic Masterton
It’s weird, bizarre and classic of this author. Horrifying and gory as you’d expect. The performance is engaging and just enough to get you into the characters.
If you like something that’s weird, gory and easy to listen this is for you
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- Jo
- 01-11-23
Enjoyable
I actually enjoyed this book, it was well narrated and yes the story is a but silly but that’s kind of the point! Who knows? I might be tempted to get the follow up as I enjoyed the main characters so much!
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- karen b.
- 01-11-23
Loved it!
I really enjoyed this book, well written and superbly narrated. I found the story line a little far fetched but it soon pulls you in and once it “had” me, I couldn’t put it down. I was especially pleased because my last 2 audible books were disappointing, very “he said, she said”, so I found this offering quite refreshing!!
I’m away now to find me some more Graham Masterton novels.
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- R_Tipper
- 13-10-23
A Very Disappointing Audiobook. Not James Masterton At His Best
I became hooked on James Masterton’s Katie Maguire audiobooks. So when I’d finished the series I thought I’d give this series a try.
However, I was extremely disappointed. Okay, there was Grahams usual blood and gore. Plus police procedural focus.
But the storyline was ludicrous, way too far fetched.
Then the narration didn’t help either, giving some of the characters a comic cockney voice.
Despite being disappointed with this audiobook, I am going to try the second one in the series.
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