No good deed goes unpunished as Gracie Andersen, owner of Milky Way Kennels quickly learns during Deer Creek's worst winter in 75 years. Who knew offering hospitality and volunteering at the library would land her at a murder scene? A valuable Civil War knife, accounting irregularities, and one very frozen body are adding up to big trouble for the Deer Creek Library. Gracie's suspect list is full of people she's known for years and the risk of ruining friendships piles on the pressure to find the truth. She and her intrepid Labrador, Haley make a few wrong turns on the way to finding an elusive cold-blooded killer.