A frozen world, a deadly secret, and a man who will risk everything . . .
When a corpse with a bullet through its neck is found floating in a fishing hole cut into a frozen lake near Montreal, it appears at first to be a straightforward homicide. But the victim has shadowy connections to the pharmaceutical industry and, before long, brilliant, unorthodox detective Emile Cinq-Mars realises he has a far more complex case on his hands.
As Cinq-Mars delves deeper, he uncovers a web of intrigue which has enmeshed beautiful native Indian activist Lucy Gabriel, who has been innocently involved in illegal experiments on AIDS patients. Finding herself the target of a vendetta to destroy those who know too much, Lucy takes refuge with the native Indians.
Can Cinq-Mars solve the riddle of the death cocktails before his shadowy opponents sacrifice even more vulnerable and innocent men?
