November in Battle Lake, Minnesota, is cold enough to freeze the balls off a pool table. It’s also deer hunting season. When Tom Kicker is killed in a hunting accident, Mira James is hired to investigate — a job that brings her closer to a P.I. license (and the unfortunate moniker of “dick”). Braving subzero temps and a shrieking blizzard, Mira uncovers nasty secrets that incriminate the town’s most prominent families.