Sharon Priest is out on the moors in a flimsy red dress and spindly high heels. It is cold - very cold - as a snowstorm sweeps the moors and the nearby town of Leek. But Sharon doesn't feel the cold any more ... Detective Inspector Joanna Piercy is at the annual Legal Ball, fending off solicitor Randall Pelham, who wants her to find his missing daughter Deborah. However, it is not Deborah but Sharon who soon occupies Joanna's mind. When the thaw sets in, Sharon's frozen body is exposed; and its horrific injuries reveal that Joanna and her team have a shocking murder on their hands. And not just one, either ... 'Clear and well-crafted story-telling that pulled me in right from the start ... I'm so glad that these books will get a wider audience.' - Ann Cleeves