Customer Reviews
Horror with a high body count - By: Mr. G. Battle, 30 Mar 2008 
The young, the old, the infirm... Stephen Laws doesn't doesn't think politically when he's killing peoplein a myriad of gruesome ways. Ghost Train is old school horror, with possession, demonic forces, a mystery to be solved & a finale of good versus evil against all odds. What lets Ghost Train down is the real lack of substance. Although Laws has attempted to weave considerable mysteryin to the plot, the evil 'train' just doesn't have any character & as a result there is a not enough engagement. The key components are there but the writing isn't good enough to make it a memorable book. Suitable for an easy read but not Laws at his best.
Fast and Furious Horror - By: Willie Meikle, 23 Mar 2008 
This was my introduction to Laws, & led me to seek out everything he has written.
It's all based on a great premise... that the main East Coast rail line from London to the North of England is on a ley line that can channel power to the London End, with a view to waking an ancient demon.
Strange deaths abound on the line. Our protagonist, himself a survivor of a strange experience on a train, has to try to stop the energy building up.
The climax is a tour-de-force as the train hurtles to London, the demon grows ever more powerful, & the deaths pile up.
Laws has a wild imagination, & he likes to kill peoplein very gruesome fashions, but if, like me, you like your horror fast & action packed, then he's the man for you.
Ghost Train - By: P. Smith, 22 Aug 2002 
Running along similar lines (no pun intended) as Bill Garnett's "Down-Bound Train" this marvellous book actually personifies the hell portrayedin Garnett's superb shocker. One man has faced this hell & escaped three times but the creature is preparing to free itself totally from the King's Cross Line where it is trapped. The pace is fantastic, building to a spellbinding climax & the real truth of one man's nightmares about The Ghost Train.
