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 sheâs made her familyâs Lofty Pines library her year-round home. But the warm-hearted librarianâs blood runs cold when local man Wallace Benson is found dead during the annual Ice Fishing Jamboree. After Bensonâs 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 tournamentâs communal âchili dump.â She later finds these same books returned to the libraryâs drop box, with an enigmatic note from Benson to Rain. As Rain seeks to understand the message, the prime suspect becomes Rainâs 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 Nickâs troubles worse. But Rain keeps fishing for other suspects. Was the killer Danny, who lost his arm to a logging accident involving Wallace? Or Dannyâs bitter father, whose dreams of retirement were dashed by his sonâs accident? With the help of her friends Julia and Jace, Rain sets out to hook the real culprit and clear Nickâs name. But can her sleuthing skills protect her from a killer whoâd like to take her out of circulation?