Since she bought her rambling fixer-upper of a house, Jacobia Tiptree has gotten used to finding things broken. But her latest problem isnât so easily repaired. Along with the rotting floor joists and sagging support beams, thereâs the little matter of the dead man in Jakeâs storeroom, an ice pick planted firmly in his cranium. Not much happens in her tiny Maine town, but thatâs about to change. Jakeâs unknown guest turns out to be local boy turned billionaire Threnody McIlwaine. When Jakeâs best friend, quiet and dependable Ellie White, confesses to the murder, cops and journalists swarm into the snowbound Eastport. Jake smells a cover-up and begins poking into past history between McIlwaine and Ellieâs family. But someone doesnât like nosy neighborsâand Jakeâs rustic refuge may become her final resting place.