num_pages: 384
description: 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 theres a faceless old woman who secretly lives in everyones 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 nineteenth 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 nineteenth century Europe will come together in the most unexpected and horrifying way.Part The Haunting of Hill House part The Count of Monte Cristo and 100% about a faceless old woman who secretly lives in your home.
language: English
title: The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your Home
publisher: Harper Perennial