A man lies hidden in an abandoned boat. Stifling screams, he draws a knife across his arm. Soon he'll be dead - and life can begin again.
Three decades later Declan McIlroy is found frozen to death as Arctic temperatures grip the city of Ely. Though it is not the only cold death that winter, reporter Philip Dryden has worrying doubts - for Declan was not alone when he died. And Dryden's suspicions harden when days later he finds the frozen body of Declan's best friend.
Soon Dryden is on the disturbing trail of a brilliantly executed crime - and a mystery from his own childhood . .
