Who tortured this young man with such brutality, and then left him on the frozen ground, alive and alone, to wait for the blizzard to finish him off? No one has admitted knowing him. No one seems to care. No one knows why he had to die. except his killer. Chief Noah Drinkwater and his Fairhaven officers are determined to find the answers to those questions. But, every lead they get takes them in the wrong direction. They go through Hell trying to find his murderer. Greed. Hate. Love. Revenge, all the emotions which make the world go round exist here. They soon learn they are working against an undercurrent of Fear and Treachery which keeps pulling them elsewhere. More murders occur. More bodies are found. They fear this killer is quickly taking over the town, one body at a time. It appears to Noah and his men they are caught in a whirlpool of death, until one lone, brave man comes forward and tells Noah what he knows.