‘We you live in the departure lounge,’ stated Ralph Greenwood, ‘and flights leave with monotonous regularity.’ So when another citizen from the Rosemary Home care home is found lifeless in her seat one Saturday night in December, no-one is very surprised-not until the results of the routine post-mortem reveal something remarkable. Sergeant DC Smith and his team have to tread cautiously as they investigate what occurred, and Smith himself must confront some tough memories. Others, in the mean time, seem purpose on getting him to keep the force completely, while, despite his best efforts, his cultural life also turns into a little more complicated. To top everything, Kings Lake continues to be waiting weeks for the snow to fall, within a winter that seems as if it will under no circumstances end .