A Boston law school graduate, new to Alaska and in over his headwith his first big case, must defend an innocent man accusedof murdering a kindergarten teacher whose naked, half-frozenbody he spotted along the shoulder of an isolated highway. AsPreston Mills adjusts to life on the Last Frontier, he falls hard forthe defendant’s spunky and appealing daughter. The crime verynearly goes unsolved due to the unique method of murder.