Winter and Night - Softcover

Rozan, S. J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312986688 ISBN 13: 9780312986681

Publisher: Minotaur Books, 2003

Synopsis

Private detective Bill Smith is hurtled headlong into the most provocative-and personal-case of his career when he receives a chilling late night telephone call from the NYPD, who are holding his fifteen-year-old nephew Gary. But before he can find out what's going on, Gary escapes Bill's custody and disappears into the dark and unfamiliar streets...

Bill and his partner, Lydia Chin, try to find the missing teen and uncover what it is that has led him so far from home. Their search takes them to Gary's family in a small town in New Jersey, where they discover that one of Gary's classmates was murdered. Bill and Lydia delve into the crime-only to find it eerily similar to a decades-old murder-suicide...

Now, with his nephew's future-and perhaps his very life-at stake, Bill must unravel a long-buried crime and confront the darkness of his own past...

Winter and Night is the winner of the 2003 Edgar Award for Best Novel.

About this title

About the Author

S. J. Rozan is the author of seven previous novels, most recently Reflecting the Sky. She has won both the Shamus Award for Best Novel (for Concourse) and the Anthony Award for Best Novel (for No Colder Place) and was an Edgar Award finalist. Rozan is an architect, born and currently living in New York City.

From the Back Cover

"TERRIFIC." --Washington Post

Private detective Bill Smith is hurtled headlong into the most provocative-and personal-case of his career when he receives a chilling late night telephone call from the NYPD, who are holding his fifteen-year-old nephew Gary. But before he can find out what's going on, Gary escapes Bill's custody and disappears into the dark and unfamiliar streets...

"WONDERFUL." --Robert Crais, author of Hostage

Bill and his partner, Lydia Chin, try to find the missing teen and uncover what it is that has led him so far from home. Their search takes them to Gary's family in a small town in New Jersey, where they discover that one of Gary's classmates was murdered. Bill and Lydia delve into the crime-only to find it eerily similar to a decades-old murder-suicide...

"CHILLING." --Linda A. Fairstein, author of The Deadhouse



Now, with his nephew's future-and perhaps his very life-at stake, Bill must unravel a long-buried crime and confront the darkness of his own past...

"Rozan delivers strong characters, deft plotting, and a hard-driving narrative. Don't miss this one." --Booklist

From the Inside Flap

"To read S.J. Rozan is to experience the kind of pure pleasure only a master can deliver."

--Dennis Lehane

EDGAR AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR

S.J. ROZAN

WINTER AND NIGHT

"S.J. ROZAN IS ONE OF THE FINEST WRITERS TODAY."

--Linda A. Fairstein, author of The Deadhouse

"A POWERFULL MOVING TALE."

--L A Times

"VERY WELL WRITTEN...COMPLEX, HARROWING."

--Boston Globe

"A TENSE THRILLER."

--Washington Post

"COMPELLING."

--Library Journal

"A SOPHISTICATED STORY THAT WILL STAY WITH YOU LONG AFTER THE BOOK HAS ENDED."

--South Florida Sun-Sentinel

WINTER AND NIGHT

BACK COVER

"TERRIFIC."

--Washington Post

Private detective Bill Smith is hurtled headlong into the most provocative-and personal-case of his career when he receives a chilling late night telephone call from the NYPD, who are holding his fifteen-year-old nephew Gary. But before he can find out what's going on, Gary escapes Bill's custody and disappears into the dark and unfamiliar streets...

"WONDERFUL."

--Robert Crais, author of Hostage

Bill and his partner, Lydia Chin, try to find the missing teen and uncover what it is that has led him so far from home. Their search takes them to Gary's family in a small town in New Jersey, where they discover that one of Gary's classmates was murdered. Bill and Lydia delve into the crime-only to find it eerily similar to a decades-old murder-suicide...

"CHILLING."

--Linda A. Fairstein, author of The Deadhouse

Now, with his nephew's future-and perhaps his very life-at stake, Bill must unravel a long-buried crime and confront the darkness of his own past...

"Rozan delivers strong characters, deft plotting, and a hard-driving narrative. Don't miss this one."

--Booklist

Edition details

• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312986688
• ISBN 13: 9780312986681
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback