Chapter 1 Summary

In the first chapter of The Silver Kiss the author introduces the reader to one of the main character's Zoe Sutcliff as she returns to a lonely house from another day at school. Zoe Sutcliff is a young girl of sixteen who is apparently quite used to being home alone as her mother is suffering from terminal cancer and is often in Hospital receiving treatments for her illness. The author writes, "The House was empty. Zoe knew as soon as she walked through the front door. Only a clock ticking in the kitchen challenged the silence" (Chapter 1, p. 29).

Zoe immediately is transfixed with fear as she wonders whether her mother Anne Sutcliff has been taken into hospital for the final time, or whether something has happened despite the fact that a note written by her Dad informs her that everything will be all...