Old grudges and dark family histories lie beneath the snow in a small town. After her mother's suicide, Maja Cleary turned her back on her family and Duved Cove, Minnesota--until a desperate phone call reveals that her father has been murdered and her brother Jonas is the prime suspect. She flies home, knowing that she will have to confront shared memories of an abusive father. Even as she works to prove her brother's innocence, she cannot ignore the evidence that he had every reason to kill their father. The frigid, stormy Minnesota landscape sets the mood as she battles against time, the local police and the relentless snow.