Tara Laskowski Signing

Tara Laskowski Presents The Cold Read Thursday, November 12, 2026 at 7 PM Thrillerdelphia Thrillerdelphia welcomes award-winning author Tara Laskowski during the release week of her new thriller, The Cold Read. Tara will discuss the novel with Bram Stoker Award®–winning author Carol Gyzander, followed by an audience Q&A and book signing. They’re there to make a sequel. But someone came for revenge. Ten years ago, the low-budget horror film No One Can Hear You Scream transformed its unknown cast into Hollywood stars. Behind the film’s success, however, was the unresolved tragedy of a friend who died on set. Now Cassidy, Jake, Ben, and Ruby are returning to the remote ski resort where the movie was filmed. They are supposed to announce a sequel and read its screenplay for the first time. Each has built a different life since the original film—and each has a private reason for returning to the place they swore they would never revisit. During a midnight announcement for the film’s devoted fans, a disturbing incident drags a long-buried secret back into the light. Trapped at an abandoned ski lodge with a winter storm closing in, the reunited cast discovers that the real horror may have been waiting for them all along. Blending a closed-circle mystery, snowbound psychological suspense, and a sharp homage to classic slasher films, The Cold Read is made for readers who like Ruth Ware, Lisa Jewell, and every Scream movie ever made. About Tara Laskowski Tara Laskowski is the author of The Weekend Retreat, The Mother Next Door, and One Night Gone, winner of the Agatha, Macavity, and Anthony awards. Her work has also been recognized by the Mary Higgins Clark Award, Left Coast Crime, the Strand Critics Awards, and the Library of Virginia Literary Awards. She is the author of the story collections Modern Manners for Your Inner Demons and Bystanders, and formerly served as editor of SmokeLong Quarterly. About Carol Gyzander Carol Gyzander is a two-time Bram Stoker Award® nominee and one-time recipient, as well as a World Fantasy Award finalist. She writes and edits horror, weird fiction, and science fiction, frequently centering strong women in twisted stories with emotional depth. She also co-hosts the online reading series Galactic Terrors. Books purchased through Thrillerdelphia may be signed following the conversation.