Judas Coyne is a collector of the macabre: a cookbook for cannibals… a used hangman’s noose… a snuff film. An aging death-metal rock god, his taste for the unnatural is as widely known to his legions of fans as the notorious excesses of his youth. But nothing he possesses is as unlikely or as dreadful as his latest discovery, an item for sale on the Internet, a thing so terribly strange, Jude … Jude can’t help but reach for his wallet.
I will “sell” my stepfather’s ghost to the highest bidder…
For a thousand dollars, Jude will become the proud owner of a dead man’s suit, said to be haunted by a restless spirit. He isn’t afraid. He has spent a lifetime coping with ghosts — of an abusive father, of the lovers he callously abandoned, of the bandmates he betrayed. What’s one more?
But what UPS delivers to his door in a black heart-shaped box is no imaginary or metaphorical ghost, no benign conversation piece. It’s the real thing.
And suddenly the suit’s previous owner is everywhere: behind the bedroom door… seated in Jude’s restored vintage Mustang… standing outside his window… staring out from his widescreen TV. Waiting — with a gleaming razor blade on a chain dangling from one bony hand…
A multiple-award winner for his short fiction, author Joe Hill immediately vaults into the top echelon of dark fantasists with a blood-chilling roller-coaster ride of a novel, a masterwork brimming with relentless thrills and acid terror.
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Decent characters, fun to read, scary moments, and got the blood pumping a couple of times. Can’t ask for much more in a horror book!
I love a good ghost story, but the really good ones are few and far between. This is a really good one.
Joe Hill continues to impress me with his writing style and his ability to creep his readers out. This was a terrific ghost story that was very well written and quite clever.
Judas Coyne is an aging rock star with an collection of morbid items from history that include a used hangman’s noose, a trepanned skull, and sketches from John Wayne Gacy, …
I’m a big Stephen King fan and this book was highly recommended by a site that I stumbled across. I have to say that I loved this book. The imagery was striking and the writing fantastic…not surprising considering who his father is. I was sucked into the story of “Heart-Shaped Box” completely and can now happily say I am a Joe Hill fan. This …
Good book- I like this one. I love some of his later books
Couldn’t get all the way through this one…
Probably my first foray into this genre. Really enjoyed the premise. Kept me guessing till the very end
I love Joe Hill’s writing. He definitely inherited the gene. This is a great page turner. Wanted to sit and read the whole book straight through. It is scary and at times funny. Wholly entertaining.
This was a very good modern day Gothic horror. Just wish it wasn’t predicated on violence against women.
I don’t like his books as much as his father’s. I don’t like most of the characters which is essential for horror writing to me or I don’t care if they die.
The story itself is really good & I will definitely be looking forward to reading Joe Hill’s other books!
Not the best, but not the worst. Granted, it’s hard in these days to come up with totally unoriginal concepts, but this book played it a little to safe. A happy ending, nothing really over PG-13, some witty but not overwhelming concepts, and some mild cliches we’ve probably all seen before. This is the authors first book, and it feels like it. …
Includes some of the most chilling scenes I have ever read. Great book!!
This is the story about a rock star in his 50s who loves to collect macabre artifacts. He buys a haunted suit online for $1000. Jude (the rock star) thinks this is a joke, of course, but has to have it. But it isn’t a joke. And the person that sold him the suit isn’t a stranger. The ghost appears in his house and tells Jude that he is there …
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill is a novel about rock star Judas Coyne and black, heart-shaped box and the dead man’s suit it contains.
I absolutely loved this story! I have to say that I am loving Joe Hill’s work as much as I do his father’s.
Another Hill classic!
Loved this book! Haunting and a complete page turner. Joe Hill is an amazing author, keeps me at the end of my seat.
Omg..
You go Joe!
First Joe Hill book i”ve read and it was AWESOME!!! Have since read 3 more and all were just as good