Joe’s mother and brother are seriously injured when their car slides down an icy embankment. But was this simply an accident, or an act of revenge for an arrest Gunther conducted a year earlier? At the same time that Joe is wrestling with this huge potential personal loss, an unidentified body, apparently from out-of-state, is found floating in an icy stream outside Brattleboro VT, shortly before a second, similarly mysterious dead man is discovered in a nearby motel room. While juggling both investigations, Gunther discovers that not only did the two dead men share an interest in trolling for underage girls on the Internet, but so did one of the people in the first case use the Internet to conduct drug business. As Joe zeros in on the solutions, his whole family become a target in a very personal and lethal confrontation. In a state that is more like a neighborhood community, secrets are difficult to keep, and it's sometimes impossible to know who can be trusted. Gunther soon finds himself opposing criminals more menacing than any he has ever encountered in order to save those he holds closest to his heart.
Joe’s mother and brother are seriously injured when their car slides down an icy embankment. But was this simply an accident, or an act of revenge for an arrest Gunther conducted a year earlier? At the same time that Joe is wrestling with this huge potential personal loss, an unidentified body, apparently from out-of-state, is found floating in an icy stream outside Brattleboro VT, shortly before a second, similarly mysterious dead man is discovered in a nearby motel room. While juggling both investigations, Gunther discovers that not only did the two dead men share an interest in trolling for underage girls on the Internet, but so did one of the people in the first case use the Internet to conduct drug business. As Joe zeros in on the solutions, his whole family become a target in a very personal and lethal confrontation. In a state that is more like a neighborhood community, secrets are difficult to keep, and it's sometimes impossible to know who can be trusted. Gunther soon finds himself opposing criminals more menacing than any he has ever encountered in order to save those he holds closest to his heart.