Saturday, 20 February 2010

Heart-Shaped Box

Judas Coyne lives a quiet life, retired from the fast-paced and risky world of rock n roll he lives in a farm with his dogs, his assistant, girlfriend and his collection of macabre artefacts. When his assistant finds a ghost for sale on an auction site he buys it little realising the horror that would be unleased on him and everyone he knows.
A little tip, do not read this book at night, especially when you are in a house in Shetland where cats yowl at three o'clock in the morning. This book is scary and haunting and lingers in your head like, well like Craddock's ghost. What is really good about this book is that is not just horrifying on a supernatural level but also explores the horror that human beings can perpetrate on other humans.
"The dead man faded back into existence long enough to wink. Then the breeze rose in a soft rush, and high above, the sun broke through for good, at a place where the clouds had been pulled into strings of dirty wool. The light shone strongly on the road and the dead man was gone.

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