Special Agent Jean Transom is a rising star in the FBI, right up to the moment her charred corpse is found slumped on the white slopes of Quandry Peak.
Special Agent Ren Bryce is drafted in from Washington DC to take Transom's place, but when she arrives she finds the investigation into her death going nowhere fast. Under pressure from her boss in Washington she delves deeper into the victim's past.
Dogged by her own personal demons the investigation leads Ren down a dark and treacherous path, where one secret leads to another, the past bleeds into the present and murder is the only way out for a damaged and dangerous mind...