After being disappointed with the previous book, this book was much better. It is cold and snowing in Minn, something that doesn't end for weeks at a time. Gino and his partner are called to a strange crime scene location, there are dead bodies being found in snowmen. As they track the killers of this crime, we are introduced to a new character, Sheriff Ricker. She is inexperienced and only on the job day one when she has a snowman of her own. As they work the clues on foot, with Monkeewrench running data and working websites for more clues, this is a fast paced novel. When you get to the end and all the pieces come together, it works. There are no red herrings, no clues that don't fit, just a solid mystery.