Jerry and Alison are having a nice night at home, working on putting up some new wallpaper for their upcoming little one. What is a nice night though turns into a bloody nightmare as Jerry obtains a large cut on his arm out of nowhere, and starts to bleed out, calling in frantic screams for Alison. She calls 911 and tries to get through, but something keeps interrupting the line. Then that something takes it's rage out on the pregnant Alison, slicing her deep in front of Jerry. Before it's over, Jerry is on the verge of death, and Alison is beheaded by a nightmare that only Graham Masterton can conjure for the voracious horror reader in us all.
Lieutenant Decker is placed on the case. The interrogation of Jerry begins, as he is the only suspect as to who could have killed Alison. Where is the murder weapon though? All doors were locked from the inside, all windows locked from the inside, yet a dead woman and a bleeding husband were found by the paramedics. As Jerry still looks to be the main suspect, another murder in similar fashion is committed, leading Decker to start to question who could be committing these grisly murders. Who that is though, is seen through the eyes of a little girl with a unique disability that turns out to be a very helpful ability for Decker. This young girl creates a picture to help, but how can a picture of a man who doesn't seem to exist help? As the body count starts to stack up, Decker seems to only be chasing shadows, or is he?
Who could this man be? Is he an apparition, a real man cloaked in life, or something even worse? How many more have to die, and what connects all of the victims together? Is Decker also in trouble of becoming a victim due to his own connection?
Graham Masterton does it again with The Devil in Gray. Start to finish, he keeps the reader guessing, intrigued, and on a gruesome thrill ride that keeps a great pacing throughout. A standalone novel that I think any horror reader would thoroughly enjoy, I easily give this novel an A, and would put it in my top five of my favorite Masterton novels.
Review by Kyle Lybeck
Lieutenant Decker is placed on the case. The interrogation of Jerry begins, as he is the only suspect as to who could have killed Alison. Where is the murder weapon though? All doors were locked from the inside, all windows locked from the inside, yet a dead woman and a bleeding husband were found by the paramedics. As Jerry still looks to be the main suspect, another murder in similar fashion is committed, leading Decker to start to question who could be committing these grisly murders. Who that is though, is seen through the eyes of a little girl with a unique disability that turns out to be a very helpful ability for Decker. This young girl creates a picture to help, but how can a picture of a man who doesn't seem to exist help? As the body count starts to stack up, Decker seems to only be chasing shadows, or is he?Who could this man be? Is he an apparition, a real man cloaked in life, or something even worse? How many more have to die, and what connects all of the victims together? Is Decker also in trouble of becoming a victim due to his own connection?
Graham Masterton does it again with The Devil in Gray. Start to finish, he keeps the reader guessing, intrigued, and on a gruesome thrill ride that keeps a great pacing throughout. A standalone novel that I think any horror reader would thoroughly enjoy, I easily give this novel an A, and would put it in my top five of my favorite Masterton novels.
Review by Kyle Lybeck
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