Is fate playing a cruel trick on amateur sleuth, Lady Beatrice, for boorish Detective Chief Inspector Richard Fitzwilliam to be the person who can get to the snowed-in castle to investigate Ben Rhodes' death? And with no other external resources available to him, he now needs her, her smart dog, and her best friends' help to catch the killer. Can they put their issues behind them and work together to find the murderer before the weather improves and the perpetrator is free to leave?