Ethelred Tressider and his agent Elsie Thirkettle have been invited to
lecture on a creative writing course at Fell Hall, a remote location in
the heart of ragged countryside that even sheep are keen to shun. While
Ethelred's success as a writer is distinctly average, Elsie sees this as
an opportunity to scout for new, hopefully more lucrative, talent. But
heavy snow falls overnight, trapping those early arrivals inside, and
tensions are quick to emerge between the assembled group.
When one of their number goes missing, Ethelred leads a search party and
makes a gruesome discovery. With no phone signal and no hope of
summoning the police, can Ethelred and Elsie identify the killer among
them before one of them is next?