A day of skiing may lead to a life sentence for an aspiring writer in this Colorado writers retreat mystery by theNew York Timesbestselling author.
 
To kick off a winter writing retreat, Cat and her handyman boyfriend, Seth, escort the aspiring authors to a nearby ski resort, hoping some fresh air will get the creative juices flowing. But instead of hitting the slopes, they hit the barand before long, a tipsy romance novelist named Christina is keeping herself warm with a local ski bum who might have neglected to tell her about his upcoming wedding.
 
The trouble starts when Cats uncle, the town sheriff, informs her that the young mans been found dead in a hot tub. Then Christina shows up crying and covered in blood. Now, between a murder mystery, the theft of a rare Hemingway edition, and the arrival of a black-clad stranger in snowy Aspen Hills, Cats afraid everythings going downhill.