Vendu Face the Night by Lastufka, Alan NEUF

★ HOFFER AWARD WINNER - 2022 Best Commercial Fiction

★ 100 Best Indie Books of the Year - Kirkus Reviews (Starred)

"Outstanding...Reminiscent of early Stephen King. An impressive, complex horror tale-two (rotting) thumbs up." - Kirkus Reviews, starred

She has an eerie gift for drawing faces. Will one terrifying vision tear apart everything she loves?

Ohio, 1987. Adriana Krause hasnt slept in weeks. Desperate for work to keep her three-year-old son out of her powerful fathers controlling clutches, her vivid illustrations land her a job as a police sketch artist. But the only image she can draw is the shockingly mangled visage from her recurring nightmare.

With her disturbed nights spiraling into violent episodes, Adrianas unique talents pull her into the tight-knit small-towns buried secrets. And now fearing shell lose her little boy to the madness sucking her down, shes convinced that the monstrous likeness she cant stop scrawling holds the answer to a brutal crime.

Can this struggling mother solve a dark puzzle before her family is destroyed?

Face the Night is a bone-chilling supernatural thriller. If you like complex characters, lived-in settings, and tension dripping from every page, then youll be transfixed by Alan Lastufkas gripping tale.

"Great for fans of My Heart Is a Chainsaw." (BookLife)

"Reminiscent of early works by Stephen King and Peter Straub." (Kirkus Reviews, starred)

"Like a grown-up version of Stranger Things." (IndieReader)

★ FINALIST 2022 American Fiction Awards - Best Supernatural Horror Novel

★ FINALIST 2022 Next Generation Indie Book Awards - Best New Horror Novel

★ FINALIST 2022 Da Vinci Eye Award

★ SEMI-FINALIST 2022 Publishers Weekly BookLife Prize - Thriller/Mystery