Heart-Shaped Box
Registered by 
Nakipa
of Lisboa - City, Lisboa (cidade) Portugal on 1/27/2014
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
Nakipa of Lisboa - City, Lisboa (cidade) Portugal on 1/27/2014 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
3 journalers for this copy...
from goodread.com:
" Aging, self-absorbed rock star Judas Coyne has a thing for the macabre -- his collection includes sketches from infamous serial killer John Wayne Gacy, a trepanned skull from the 16th century, a used hangman's noose, Aleister Crowley's childhood chessboard, etc. -- so when his assistant tells him about a ghost for sale on an online auction site, he immediately puts in a bid and purchases it.
The black, heart-shaped box that Coyne receives in the mail not only contains the suit of a dead man but also his vengeance-obsessed spirit. The ghost, it turns out, is the stepfather of a young groupie who committed suicide after the 54-year-old Coyne callously used her up and threw her away. Now, determined to kill Coyne and anyone who aids him, the merciless ghost of Craddock McDermott begins his assault on the rocker's sanity."
" Aging, self-absorbed rock star Judas Coyne has a thing for the macabre -- his collection includes sketches from infamous serial killer John Wayne Gacy, a trepanned skull from the 16th century, a used hangman's noose, Aleister Crowley's childhood chessboard, etc. -- so when his assistant tells him about a ghost for sale on an online auction site, he immediately puts in a bid and purchases it.
The black, heart-shaped box that Coyne receives in the mail not only contains the suit of a dead man but also his vengeance-obsessed spirit. The ghost, it turns out, is the stepfather of a young groupie who committed suicide after the 54-year-old Coyne callously used her up and threw her away. Now, determined to kill Coyne and anyone who aids him, the merciless ghost of Craddock McDermott begins his assault on the rocker's sanity."
Just recently I discovered that I much prefer to read horror books than to see horror movies. This is a gripping story about a man, a woman, 2 dogs and a ghost and it keeps you entertained all throughout the book.
Released 10 yrs ago (2/5/2014 UTC) at Lisboa - City, Lisboa (cidade) Portugal
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And this book is traveling to Canada as part of the "I'm back... again! International RABCK". I hope you like it!
Received in the mail today as winner of Nakipa's RABCK contest. Thank you!
Although I swore off horror many years ago, having given up on Stephen King and Dean Koontz, something drew me to this book when I saw it offered as a RABCK.
I was not disappointed.
Hill writes an old fashioned horror story complete with a ghost, visions, ouija boards and pscyhological suspense that kept me reading from page 1 to the last page without stopping.
Jude Coyne is an aging rock star with a reputation for picking up young women and throwing them back when he's done with them. He nicknames them of the state they're from, so he doesn't have to think of them as real people or let them get too close to him. He thinks he's noble by not asking about their pasts and by accepting them for who they are when he meets them.
He has as creepy and morbid fascination for the occult and macabre and this leads him to buy a ghost from the internet. He doesn't know, when he buys it, that the ghost is the stepfather of his last ex girlfriend, Anna also known as Florida, who killed herself after he was fed up with her and sent her back home.
The ghost is intent on seeking revenge for Anna's death and is intent on pulling Jude into the afterworld with him.
Armed with his dogs (Angus and Bonnie) and his newest girlfriend, Georgia, he has to fight for their lives and try to outwit the ghost.
I absolutely loved this and have put his other novels on my wishlist.
Thanks so much Nakipa!!!
I was not disappointed.
Hill writes an old fashioned horror story complete with a ghost, visions, ouija boards and pscyhological suspense that kept me reading from page 1 to the last page without stopping.
Jude Coyne is an aging rock star with a reputation for picking up young women and throwing them back when he's done with them. He nicknames them of the state they're from, so he doesn't have to think of them as real people or let them get too close to him. He thinks he's noble by not asking about their pasts and by accepting them for who they are when he meets them.
He has as creepy and morbid fascination for the occult and macabre and this leads him to buy a ghost from the internet. He doesn't know, when he buys it, that the ghost is the stepfather of his last ex girlfriend, Anna also known as Florida, who killed herself after he was fed up with her and sent her back home.
The ghost is intent on seeking revenge for Anna's death and is intent on pulling Jude into the afterworld with him.
Armed with his dogs (Angus and Bonnie) and his newest girlfriend, Georgia, he has to fight for their lives and try to outwit the ghost.
I absolutely loved this and have put his other novels on my wishlist.
Thanks so much Nakipa!!!
I am taking this when I meet Lithrath this afternoon to pick up some books. If she doesn't take it with her, I may release it somewhere in downtown Hamilton.
Got this book to tide me over my move from cestmoi
Likely going to Brampton with me :)
Likely going to Brampton with me :)
Will be in the library set (requiem/awakening), the goblin market (lost) and the hospitality room
