The all-important New Year’s Hunt commences amid swirling
light snow. It is the last formal hunt of the season;
therefore, participation is required no matter how
hungover riders are from toasting the midnight before. On
this momentous occasion, “Sister” Jane Arnold, master of
the foxhounds, announces her new joint master and the new
president of the Jefferson Hunt. And her choices will
prove to be no less than shocking.
The day’s festivities are quickly marred, though, by what
appears on the surface to be an unrelated tragedy. Sam
Lorillard, former shining star and Harvard Law School
alum, lies dead of a stab wound on a baggage cart at the
old train station, surrounded by the outcasts and
vagabonds who composed his social circle at the end of
life. No one can remember when Sam started drinking, but
the downward spiral was swift–and seemingly deadly.
Murder is followed by scandal when Sister Jane discovers
dishonest hunting practices going on in a neighboring
club. Unsure whether to turn a blind eye or report the
infringement to the proper authority, Sister and her
huntsman, Shaker Crown, decide to investigate a little
further, with the help of their trusty hounds. But when
they come a little too close to the staggering truth–and
uncover an unforeseen connection to Lorillard’s murder–
they realizethey might not survive to see the next New
Year’s Hunt.
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