While Deputy Tempe Crabtree and her minister husband, Hutch, spend a romantic weekend in a mountain lodge, an unexpected blizzard takes out phone and electric services. Among the other guests are some folks from the film industry. When a guest disappears, Tempe's search for her puts her own life in danger.
Marilyn Meredith is the author of over thirty published novels, including the award winning Deputy Tempe Crabtree mystery series and the under the name F. M. Meredith, the Rocky Bluff P.D. series. She borrows a lot from where she lives in the Southern Sierra for the town of Bear Creek and the surrounding area, including the nearby Tule River Indian Reservation.
For the Rocky Bluff P.D. series, she uses a lot she remembers from her time living on the coast, in a place much like Rocky Bluff.
She does like to remind everyone that she is writing fiction. Marilyn is a member of EPIC, three chapters of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and on the board of the Public Safety Writers of America Series: * Deputy Tempe Crabtree
Tempe and Hutch take a weekend vacation only to be stranded in a snowbound lodge with a flock of Hollywood types. A murder occurs, causing Tempe to step up and investigate. There are a bunch of quirky characters who interact with great animosity.