Publisher's Synopsis
A man lies hidden in an abandoned boat. Stifling screams, he draws a knife across his arm, letting the blood flow free. Soon he'll be dead - and life can begin again. Three decades later Declan McIlroy, a loner, is found frozen to death in his flat as Arctic temperatures grip the cathedral city of Ely. However, reporter Philip Dryden has worrying doubts: Declan may not have been alone as he slowly froze to death. His suspicions harden when he discovers the body of Declan's friend Joe, frozen within a shell of ice at his farmhouse. Soon Dryden is picking his way along a disturbing trail of cruelty and betrayal to a brilliantly executed crime. And to a chilling, half-remembered mystery from his own childhood...
