Heart-Shaped Box
By Joe Hill
- Release Date: 2000-10-13
- Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Description
A pulse-pounding, terrifying rollercoaster ride of a supernatural thriller—a remarkable debut novel from a blazing talent that will keep readers spellbound
Sooner or later, the dead catch up. . . .
Judas Coyne was a collector. The bizarre, the unusual, the grotesque: A cookbook for cannibals. A used hangman’s noose. A snuff film. Usually the objects were sent by the black-clad fans who made his metal band a legend and made him rich.
But this time, when his personal assistant told him there was a ghost for sale on the Internet, Jude didn’t think twice. But he should have. Of all the ghosts around him—the abusive father, the battered, resentful child Jude once was, the bandmates he betrayed, Anna, the suicidal girl he loved and dumped—this new one means to haunt him all the way to hell.
His new acquisition—delivered to his doorstep in a black heart-shaped box—is Anna’s vengeful stepdaddy. Martin Craddock swears he’s going to settle up with Jude for ruining his daughter’s life. Craddock is everywhere: on the other side of the bedroom door; in Jude’s restored vintage Mustang; outside his window, on his television screen. In his hand , a gleaming razorblade swinging from a chain.
And now the jaded rock star who’s seen it all, done it all, has never been so afraid. . . .
Reviews
Awesome
4By lyndsey.2015I enjoyed this book. It had me turning the pages like a mad woman trying to find out what happens next.Couldn’t put it down…
5By AisForAshleeeySo good! Easy to read and keeps you wondering “what’s going to happen next?!”👍👍👍👍👍
5By sjj232323Joe Hill’s writing is great! I didn’t expect it. I knew him as a very young man changing all of the “No Smoking” signs at Donny & Marie Osmond’s old studio in Provo, Utah to “No Joking”.Great Read
5By bigeric23This was a tremendous read. Very, very good.Good Book
5By zoezoebrtI never leave reviews, but enjoyed this book. Different and interesting!Sucked me right in!
5By CwahlGripping! Well-written, I really cared about these characters. Couldn’t put it down.Hard to get into
3By PatrickWells2879I’d heard great things about this book but it was hard to get into. The characters aren’t particularly likeable or relatable, which might have something to do with that. Will still check out some of Joe’s later work.Good writing, boring story
3By DCTX55While the writing is great and furnishes an effortless reading experience, I just didn’t find the story very interesting. Part of the issue is that there is hardly a likeable character in the story. I’m sure the main characters were meant to grow on me as the story progressed, but it didn’t happen and by the climax I still didn’t really care what happened to them. Characters aside, the main conflict is fairly linear and there are few events that feel surprising or exciting.Great
5By Waynerogers6oh6I read this about 4 years ago it was a wonderful book. He is definitely talented like his father.Yuck
2By lki128sHated it couldn’t care about any of the characters 😕
