The book reminded me a bit on Walkers, a 1991 novel where also people were "drawn" into the walls. Where did little Timmy went to? What about the three siblings inheriting Allhallows Hall? What really happened to Herbert Russell, the former owner and who belong the suitcases found in the attic? Graham Masterton leads you into an interesting trip full of mysticism, druidism and horror. I also like the allusions to The Exorcist. Can a magician and a catholic priest solve the riddle within those wa...

Cool idea but this was just a little bit boring almost the entire time. The way information was dropped was copious and clunky.The gist is a family patriarch is murdered and his children and 5 year old grandson go to his country estate for the reading of the will, no one cares this guy was murdered like you forget for most of the book. While there the grandson disappears, this starts a huge search inside and outside which is moors and forests, while searching there is also weird happenings in th...

After just finishing, I'm giving this book 1.5 out of 5. I read a lot of horror and this one is a real mixed-bag. It had its moments, particularly the mystery-building in the first half of the novel, but by the end I was really looking forward to it being over, and it left a flat taste in my mouth. By the end, any enjoyment had completely dissipated. I removed it from the library I share with my friends, because I didn't want them to think I was recommending it.There were a few points in the sto...

The House of A Hundred Whispers starts off with a bang. Or, to be more exact, with a hammer blow to the head. Herbert Russell, retired governor of Dartmoor Prison and owner of Allhallows Hall, avoids his mansion on nights when there is a full moon. He has good reason to. However, this time round, he is late in filing his tax return, and apparently, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs are scarier than the horrors lurking within the Hall. And so, Herbert returns to collect his accounts book. It turn...

A ghost story that makes a better comedy. Haven't laughed this much in ages. Totally daft. A young couple and their son meet up with other family members at their father's crumbling pile, for his funeral and will reading. But it soon becomes obvious that all's night right with the house. Daft story.

Very oddI loved the first part of the book but then when it got to the 'room', it just got too strange for me. And I didn't understand the ending? I don't want to give away the plot but it was well written and it was definitely different with regards to the 'whispering' and this missing little boy but I just didn't love it. I liked it and I was disappointed in what happened to everyone and a little sad about theories but it was entertaining. Just the whole room thing was a little wonky.

What can I say about this novel other than it left a bad taste in my mouth. I read a lot of horror, and while there were moments of good writing ultimately this feels like a lazy offering with stereotypical tropes which have no place in modern horror fiction. Was describing a female characters breasts relevant to the plot? No.Trigger Warning: RapeParticularly disliked the authors apparent casual attitude to rape/rape culture. The graphic sexual assault/gang rape scene served no purpose to the pl...

I fell in love with Graham Masterton's horror books as a teenager in the early 1980s. Almost forty years later my enthusiasm hasn't waned. Never having been a Stephen King fan, Masterton was always my number one choice for anything supernatural and scary. When the owner of All Hallows Hall is found dead, his family gather at the mansion for the reading of his will. During the night they hear whispering but can't locate the source. Then the young son of a family member disappears, forcing the fam...

A great horror story is a delight for me to read. And Graham Masterton is in my opinion definitely the best at it. On a windy swept, misty, Dartmoor the former Governor of Dartmoor Prison had lived in Allhallows Hall. The dead mans' family come to stay in this creepy atmospheric house. Home it could not be called. They want leave as quickly as possible after the will has been read.Then Vicky and Rob's 5 year-old son, Timmy disappearsUnputdownable

Super creepy setting and a very interesting plot!

Spoiler Alert. Mr. Masterson, this is a personal note for you. This book could not have been more disappointing. The story was more or less okay and the plot had lots of potential but I have two main points for you. One about the book itself and the other just an overall update for you here in 2021 that if you would be so kind to pass on to your male author friends, women would appreciate it. You led me on a journey with this book that I really wanted to go on but you did not have the tools for

Welcome back to what you do BEST; Graham Masterton!!! HORROR! Get ready to enter The House of a Hundred Whispers!!Look here soon for the video review of this book:https://youtu.be/RT6Jsh6jisMOMFG it was so so great to read again what is and has got to be one of the best authors of vintage and new horror since the 70's!!! When a family comes to Dartmoor to read the will and go over the death of the father and once Governor of the prison they stay in the spralling haunted and terrifying mansion of...

3.5 StarsThis was an enjoyable piece of supernatural horror with an intriguing premise. Overall, I had a lot of fun reading it, but there were a lot of plot details that were poorly thought out or just didn't make a lot of sense. I've heard this author has a reputation for writing a lot of objectionable subject matter but I didn't find that here.

A very atmospheric story full of suspense and tension all the way throughout. Ghouls, ghosts, demons, witches, magic and wizards all feature and a catholic priest brought to try and eradicate the spirit of the whisper filled creepy rambling Tudor mansion in the search for little Tommy who has disappeared. A great book to read in October and one I would recommend to those that like ghost stories.

Masterton is a horror novelist that runs a bit hot or cold for me. I found books like The Manitou and DESCENDENT were fantastic, but unfortunately, I cannot share the same overall praise for his latest novel, THE HOUSE OF A HUNDRED WHISPERS. THE GOOD: I loved the premise of this book, where family members return to Allhallows Hall after the murder of the patriarch, and a 5 year old grandson named Timmy disappears one afternoon without a trace. I also really liked the pagan, druidic, and magical

Well... ... Idk what to say about Masterton's new book. I'm a huge fan of his work but the first 75% of this was dry, boring and largely uneventful. I struggled to stay interested. Then in true Masterton style the colorful deaths start and the book ends with a bang. My short synopsis of this book: fraud, an old haunted Tudor house on the moor, a trapped Gaulish God named Esus, a rape and exploding heads. It was enough to make my head explode haha. Unfortunately I didn't find this book even mildl...

Enthralling, as I expect from Master of Horror Graham Masterton, terrifying, with implacable, unavoidable, horror, whose roots reach back centuries, perhaps to prehistory, and which gives no sign of ever stopping. In an antique (17th century) mansion on lonely Dartmoor, an evil old man dies during the Full Moon. His will specifies an unexpected heir, which only riles the offspring, who are commanded to maintain the property, now in trust. But the house contains far more than valuable antiques an...

Good grief, I have never been so torn with rating a book! As I started reading, I was hooked right away, but then as more things were revealed, there were so many similarities to Masterton's other books- Walkers and Prey. So it started to go slightly downhill for me because of that. I expected this to be some variation of a creepy haunted house story, but sigh... it wasn't. And then it needs to be mentioned, trigger warning of a gang rape scene that added NO value to the story! I'm just baffled

Thank you, Head of Zeus, and NetGalley for a copy of Graham Masterton’s The House of a Hundred whispers. It’s a long time since I have read a book from this author, (6 years in fact) and that one was a police procedural. So, when I read the blurb, I was interested to know how it would pan out.On the misty moors of Dartmoor lies an old run-down Tudor mansion called All Hallows Hall. Not everyone’s choice for a place to live but, it is owned by the ex-governor of Dartmoor prison until he is found

This book is great fodder for the memes out there about men writing women characters. From needlessly sexualizing each of their physical descriptions, little things like calling someone "a -woman- member of the team," a gratuitous, unnecessary, and explicit scene of sexual violence, and blatant transmisogyny, this book was just awful. It read as though no one had edited the thing and this guy just published a draft.It's disappointing because the concept could have been neat and was just executed...