The Cold Read

The Cold Read

by Tara Laskowski
Publication Date: 10/11/2026

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They're there to make a sequel. But someone came for revenge.


A decade ago, the release of the horror film No One Can Hear You Scream catapulted a young no-name cast into Hollywood fame. But below the surface, they were dealing with the fallout of their friend’s tragic death on set.


Now the cast is reuniting at the remote ski resort where the movie was filmed to announce the sequel and get a first glimpse of the screenplay. Cassidy, Jake, Ben, and Ruby—they’ve all followed different paths over the years, and each has their own reason for agreeing to return to a place they had sworn to leave behind.


At first everyone works hard to ignore the shadows of the past and focus on the opportunity ahead. But the reunion takes a dark turn during the midnight announcement to fans when a disturbing incident stirs up a long-buried secret.


Each of them has something to lose. Each of them has something to hide. And if they want to survive the weekend, they'll have to deliver the performance of a lifetime…


“A witty, wicked thriller packed with juicy secrets.” —Andrea Bartz on The Mother Next Door


“Will keep you obsessively reading well past your bedtime.” —Paul Tremblayon One Night Gone


“A riveting puzzle for fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware.” —Hank Phillippi Ryan on The Weekend Retreat

ISBN:
9780369756824
9780369756824
Category:
Fiction
Publication Date:
10-11-2026
Language:
English
Publisher:
Graydon House Books
Tara Laskowski

Tara Laskowski is the award-winning author of two short story collections, Modern Manners for Your Inner Demons and Bystanders, which The Guardian named a best book of 2017. She has had stories published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine and Mid-American Review, among others, and is the editor of SmokeLong Quarterly. Tara earned a BA in English from Susquehanna University and an MFA from George Mason University and currently lives in Virginia.

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