Trapped in an epic snowstorm in their home in rural somewhere while their parents are out of town, Meg and Hannah are set up for a rough few nights. But then comes a knock at the door and two strange men fall in, both injured and half frozen.
To add to the tension Hannah just broke up with her abusive boyfriend (although this being an early 90s book they don’t say “abusive” that blatantly. But oh boy is he ever!) Jonathon and Lane promise to stick around to keep the girls safe, but then their dog disappears and Hannah begins to wonder if her ex, or one of her guests (who might just be the maniac killer who escaped from a local institution) could be to blame.
A classic locked-in murder mystery with lots of front loading of “what-ifs” Someone at the Door is a decent read, when you can set aside the neurotic paranoia of the lead character. Sure she has reason to be worried, but she spins out so fast that readers might get a little restless for something other than her theories before they get to the dead bodies.
Contains: Mild gore, violence against animals