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For years, Susan Bailey-Strauss has been keeping a secret—a secret that she hasn’t even told her fourteen-year-old sister, Lisa, or her husband, Dave. One October night, Susan decides it’s time to tell the truth. But when she opens up to Lisa, things don’t go as well as Susan had hoped. Lisa storms out of the house in anger and confusion, and Susan anxiously waits for her to return. As the minutes pass, Susan becomes more and more worried about her little sister, alone on the streets of New York late at night.
By the time Dave, an NYPD detective, returns home from work two hours later, Susan is beside herself in fear. And when the two go out looking for Lisa, they find clues that suggest that Lisa didn’t just decide to run away from home—and that she’s not alone.
But even more horrifying are the clues that connect Lisa’s disappearance to an unsolved case that still haunts Dave. Just a year ago, a man who became known as The Groom kidnapped another young girl, and Dave fears that Lisa’s disappearance may be The Groom’s revenge on the detective who had spent a year tracking him.
One Cold Night mixes heart-pounding suspense with heart-wrenching drama. Readers follow along with Dave as he races to find Lisa before it’s too late—and they stay behind with Susan, who struggles with the heartbreaking possibility of never seeing Lisa again. At times, the drama may be a bit much for serious suspense-seekers, but it helps bring the characters to life—and it makes the story especially appealing to female readers. While most of the characters are well-developed, however, a few of the especially intriguing characters are given little explanation, which makes the ending feel somewhat abrupt.
Still, Pepper writes with solid, edge-of-your-seat suspense. You’ll have a hard time putting this one down—and even when you do set it down, you’ll find yourself looking for any opportunity to pick it back up again (like at red lights…or while you’re waiting for pages to load on the library computer…or while you’re making dinner…). One Cold Night is a worthy read for suspense fans. Just make sure you read it during the day—with all the lights on.
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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