{"product_id":"the-one-hour-diner-john-reizer-9798233891670","title":"The One-Hour Diner","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE ONE-HOUR DINER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA man and a woman, complete strangers to one another, receive the same cryptic text message: \u003cstrong\u003eBe at the Crossroads Diner at the intersection of highways 9 and 11. Come alone at 2:17 a.m. and don't be late!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawn there by grief and curiosity, they arrive at a lonely roadside establishment where the coffee is hot, the lights are inviting, and the clock above the counter is frozen at 2:17.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt never, ever moves!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeated across from each other in booth 5, they wait for someone or something to show up, but no one comes. Instead, memories begin to reveal themselves through the diner's windows, showing their part in a terrible tragedy 3 years earlier, a murder!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery attempt to leave the diner ends the same way: a reset; in an instant, they are seated back in the booth again. The same song plays on the jukebox, the same half-empty sugar dispenser sits on the tabletop, and the same unchanging time of day refuses to move forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrapped in a place that may not actually exist, they are forced to confront a terrifying possibility: they were both there that fateful morning and played an integral role in something neither of them chose to remember, and what they've told themselves for the past three years is a lie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe diner will not release them until they learn the truth of what happened in those critical minutes, and how their presence that morning was tied to a murder that was never solved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs the diner real or a creation of two people's tortured souls, a construct born from guilt and trauma, built by two fractured minds desperate to unbury the truthful past?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTime has stopped!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe truth has not!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelcome to the \u003cem\u003eOne-Hour Diner\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Reizer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798233891670\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Melissa Reizer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.29d","brand":"John Reizer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801346126079,"sku":"9798233891670","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-one-hour-diner-john-reizer-9798233891670","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}