The first in the Doug Brumal series set in the Canadian north. Already in his third day on the job, he receives a call about a body that's been found at a nearby hotel, the Tundra Inn and Suites. The body is that of Eira Winter, and Brumal, his executive assistant Ahnah Friesen, and two constables in training, Kallik Redfern and Willie Appaqaq, must find out who killed the victgim, and why.