In THE PLACE WHERE
THEY BURIED YOUR HEART, Christina Henry brings a crumbling manor to
life, and it embodies a menacing character all its own. But the novel is
also a story about the line between naivety and neglect—it’s meditative
and so very human.
by Christina Henry
Nov 4, 2025
Genre: horror
A woman must confront the evil that has been terrorizing her street since she was a child in this gripping haunted house novel from the national bestselling author of The House That Horror Built and Good Girls Don’t Die.
On an otherwise ordinary street in Chicago, there is a house. An abandoned house where, once upon a time, terrible things happened. The children who live on this block are told by their parents to stay away from that house. But of course, children don’t listen. Children think it’s fun to be scared, to dare each other to go inside.
Jessie Campanelli did what many older sisters do and dared her little brother Paul. But unlike all the other kids who went inside that abandoned house, Paul didn’t return. His two friends, Jake and Richie, said that the house ate Paul. Of course adults didn’t believe that. Adults never believe what kids say. They thought someone kidnapped Paul, or otherwise hurt him. They thought Paul had disappeared in a way that was ordinary, explainable.
The disappearance of her little brother broke Jessie’s family apart in ways that would never be repaired. Jessie grew up, had a child of her own, kept living on the same street where the house that ate her brother sat, crouched and waiting. And darkness seemed to spread out from that house, a darkness that was alive—alive and hungry.
PRAISE FOR CHRISTINA HENRY
“The Place Where They Buried Your Heart is a cosmic blast of haunted house horror in which Christina Henry explores the complex bonds of families—both the ones we lose and the ones we gain—and how those relationships can be found in the most unexpected of places. It’s a story about monsters, and murder, and loss, but it’s also a story about the ferocity of love, and the improbable ways it can capture our hearts.” - Philip Fracassi, author of Boys in the Valley
“This book is a celebration of horror films, but what will stick with readers is the relationship between Harry and her son, Daniel. A lumbering costume is fun to read about, but Harry’s past and her precarious finances are the real monsters here. Henry’s spooky tale has a scary face, but it has a heart of gold.”
—The New York Times for The House That Horror Built
“Henry captures the epic scale of the best horror movies, and her passion for monstrosity comes through clearly.”
—Publishers Weekly for The House That Horror Built
“Henry’s latest is a spine-chilling post-pandemic thriller with plenty of pop-culture references that will appeal to horror fans.”
—Booklist for The House That Horror Built
About the Author:
CHRISTINA
HENRY is a horror and dark fantasy author whose works include Horseman,
Near the Bone, The Ghost Tree, Looking Glass, The Girl in Red, The
Mermaid, Lost Boy, Alice, Red Queen, and the seven-book urban fantasy
Black Wings series.
Learn more online at www.christinahenry.net.
Learn more online at www.christinahenry.net.
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