Jean wakes up from a nightmare about an old hag in a burial shroud with long, sharp nails and a skeletal face. No wonder! She’s about to have an interview for a summer job in archaeology digging at the site of the Oldest House in St. Augustine, Florida. The lady who is supposed to hire her, Dr. Whitney, is tops in her field of New World Columbian archaeology. But when Jean lands the job and starts work at the house a cleaning lady lets her in and shows her around. Jean is astounded by her face full of wrinkles. She looks like the oldest person Jean has ever seen. In fact, she resembles the hag in the nightmare. Is it her imagination? What could be going on? Jean had better figure it out or one of these humid Florida summer nights she might just die of fright in this young adult thriller, The Oldest House.
The Oldest House was first published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is brought to you now by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked The Oldest House you will like other young adult horror novels by Linda Cargill such as Fire, Drop Dead, Algernon, No Return, and Echoes.
