About the Book
About the Book
The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home: A Welcome to Night Vale Novel
From the New York Times bestselling authors of WELCOME TO NIGHT VALE and IT DEVOURS! and the creators of the hit podcast, comes a new novel set in the world of Night Vale and beyond.
In the town of Night Vale, there’s a faceless old woman who secretly lives in everyone’s home, but no one knows how she got there or where she came from... until now. Told in a series of eerie flashbacks, the story of The Faceless Old Woman goes back centuries to reveal an initially blissful and then tragic childhood on a Mediterranean Estate in the early 19th century, her rise in the criminal underworld of Europe, a nautical adventure with a mysterious organization of smugglers, her plot for revenge on the ones who betrayed her, and ultimately her death and its aftermath, as her spirit travels the world for decades until settling in modern-day Night Vale.
Interspersed throughout is a present-day story in Night Vale, as The Faceless Old Woman guides, haunts and sabotages a man named Craig. In the end, her current day dealings with Craig and her swashbuckling history in 19th-century Europe will come together in the most unexpected and horrifying way.
Part THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE, part THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO, THE FACELESS OLD WOMAN WHO SECRETLY LIVES IN YOUR HOME is a lively tale of loyalty, betrayal and revenge that will have you looking around the corners of your own home...just in case.
Audiobook available, read by Mara Wilson
