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Two couples, seemingly unremarkable people, go out for a night of drinking and dancing. This is a routine way for these four friends to unwind at the end of the week and, at first, all seems to be normal. Then the Stranger appears on the scene; one of the four does something that will set off a chain of horrifying events and the body count climbs at an ever-increasing pace. The authors have created a story that is both suspenseful and puzzling and the identity of the killer is in doubt until almost the very end. There were times when I had to put the book down because I was so disturbed by the actions of one or another character and I wondered about the title, Just Your Everyday People. Everyday people? Not in my world. Something about it, however, compelled me to keep reading and I found myself becoming more and more involved in the story and the underlying theme. I also slowly came to the realization that these are, indeed, just your everyday people, and they are in my world. This is not just a mystery, not the kind of character and plot development the reader might expect to find in a novel of suspense. The Yagers have interwoven their story with a psychological, or perhaps sociological, study of the human psyche, of the truth that lies behind the facade. How well do we know those we think of as our friends? What secrets do we keep from each other, even those closest to us? Just how far down the road to self-destruction are "everyday people" capable of going? When all is said and done, this is a tale of the choices we make and the consequences of those choices, consequences that may not become apparent until years later. Fred and Jan Yager have given us a heart-stopping story that also makes the reader think, about herself and the people in her life. That's not always a very comfortable thing to do but this is a book that begs to be read.
Reviewed by Lelia Taylor, May 2002
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