A boy is found with his throat ripped out, the blood drained from his body. It?s not the first such killing, and the town knows who to blame: the vampyr colony in the mountains. But out-of-state detective Barbara Atkins think the evidence doesn?t stack up. People are lying. And Deadhart has a history of dark secrets. The snow keeps falling, but so do the victims. Time is running out for Barbara. Is she hunting a cold-blooded murderer, or a bloodthirsty monster? And which does she fear most?