A glowing wood stove, a cozy log cabin, and shelves full of books are all Rain Wilmot needs to ride out the Wisconsin winter, now that sheโs made her familyโs Lofty Pines library her year-round home. But the warm-hearted librarianโs blood runs cold when local man Wallace Benson is found dead during the annual Ice Fishing Jamboree. After Bensonโs body is found in his ice shanty, Rain recalls that she recently saw the victim in her library, borrowing a few cookbooks to prepare for the fishing tournamentโs communal โchili dump.โ She later finds these same books returned to the libraryโs drop box, with an enigmatic note from Benson to Rain. As Rain seeks to understand the message, the prime suspect becomes Rainโs friend Nick, who was the last person to see Wallace alive and who returned to the Jamboree with a nasty cut on his hand. The knife found in his tackle box only makes Nickโs troubles worse. But Rain keeps fishing for other suspects. Was the killer Danny, who lost his arm to a logging accident involving Wallace? Or Dannyโs bitter father, whose dreams of retirement were dashed by his sonโs accident? With the help of her friends Julia and Jace, Rain sets out to hook the real culprit and clear Nickโs name. But can her sleuthing skills protect her from a killer whoโd like to take her out of circulation?