In an historic, if isolated, New England hotel, some of the
most respected names in archaeology are coming together to
celebrate the work of Julius Garrison, a legend in the
field. It's a conference Emma Fielding is determined to
attend -- braving a furious winter storm to get there --
even though Garrison is no friend to her or her family. And
when the honoree's lifeless body is discovered outside the
snow-bound inn, Emma suddenly finds she is a murder suspect,
along with a surprising number of the other guests. The
bitterness widely spread by a cantankerous old man has had
fatal consequences, forcing Emma Fielding to put her
archaeological skills to forensic use to uncover the truth.
But a strange series of thefts and attacks -- and eerie
rumors about a ghostly prowler -- suggest that truth may be
more deadly than Emma imagines.