Constable Molly Smith begins her Christmas Eve 12-hour
shift with a blizzard enveloping Trafalgar, British
Columbia. Visibility is nonexistent and the 911 calls
increase, leaving Molly and her partner, Sergeant John
Winters, running from accident to accident. At midnight, a
car careens out of control and flips into the swirling
black river, trapping the inhabitants inside and leaving
them unable to claw their way out.
The police are ready to rule it accidental, until the
coroner delivers a surprise. One victim was dead 24 hours
before plunging into the river. Molly and John's
investigation leads them into the playground of the
privileged and wealthy. Sex, drugs, alcohol and money
permeates throughout the inquiry. It clouds the victim's
friends' memories of the events leading up to the
accident/murder. Molly and John know they are keeping
secrets and continue probing to discover what they are
hiding.
Ms. Delany's sparse one-sentence description of the
victim's attempt to escape the car is so effective, I will
keep a hammer in my car to break my car's window to avoid
that fate. She tackles multiple storylines and continues to
reveal the flaws and strengths in her returning characters.
Ms. Delany is definitely a writer to read as she builds
upon each book.
Siblings Wendy and Jason Wyatt-Yarmouth and their
friends are in the peaceful mountain town of Trafalgar, B.C.
enjoying a two-week vacation. Tragedy strikes the group of
privileged students when two of them crash through the ice
into the frozen river.
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