Book description
Wisconsin winter weather plays as important a role as any individual
in this nicely paced tale of domestic abuse and murder. Claire Watkins
is still adjusting to life in little Fort St. Antoine when she notices
the bruises and stiff gait of a local woman named Stephanie Klaus.
Small town or big city, Claire knows the signs of abuse when she sees them.
Stephanie, however, won't talk, even when her new boyfriend, Buck,
is tied into his car, driven out on the treacherous ice of Lake Pepin
and left there to sink and drown.
When Stephanie, accompanied by Buck's delightful dog, Snooper, tries
to leave town, she is once again beaten; this time, she barely
survives . . .
