Amidst a fierce snowstorm, Monkswell Manor becomes an unlikely refuge for a group of strangers seeking shelter from the blizzard and from a recent murder in town. As the storm rages, it becomes clear that the killer is among them. Enter a sharp-witted police detective who arrives on skis and begins questioning the house’s inhabitants: a pair of newlyweds managing the estate, a reclusive spinster with a mysterious past, an architect who seems better suited to a kitchen than a drafting table, a retired Army major with a sharp tongue, a peculiar man whose car has “overturned” in the snow, and a grumpy jurist who ruffles everyone’s feathers. When a second murder shocks the manor, tensions reach a boiling point. With danger looming, can the detective uncover the murderer before another victim is claimed?