Stout 's next novel was Night of the Ice Storm ( 1991 ) which had remained unsolved for some 20 years .
Night of the Ice Storm ( 1991 ) is a fictional whodunit about a journalist solving a murder .
Stout 's next novel was Night of the Ice Storm ( 1991 ) , a fictional whodunit about a journalist solving a murder , which had remained unsolved for some 20 years .