Wisconsin winter weather plays as important a role as any individual in this nicely paced tale of domestic abuse and murder. Claire Watkins is still adjusting to life in little Fort St. Antoine when she notices the bruises and stiff gait of a local woman named Stephanie Klaus. Small town or big city, Claire knows the signs of abuse when she sees them.
Stephanie, however, won't talk, even when her new boyfriend, Buck, is tied into his car, driven out on the treacherous ice of Lake Pepin and left there to sink and drown.
When Stephanie, accompanied by Buck's delightful dog, Snooper, tries to leave town, she is once again beaten; this time, she barely survives . . .
- ISBN10 0373264429
- ISBN13 9780373264421
- Publish Date 1 December 2002 (first published 1 November 2001)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country CA
- Imprint Harlequin Books
- Format Paperback (US Mass Market)
- Pages 256
- Language English