Taking time off, Krista plans on spending the Thanksgiving holiday in the cabin, cleaning it out and putting it on the market.  When she reaches Huron Station, all that changes, and not necessarily for the better.  After hitting the police cruiser of Sheriff Mark Dalby, Krista gets lost on her way to the cabin, is almost run off the road by someone driving a grey car covered in snow, and finds the body of a man hanging from a tree, an arrow in his chest.  

Now it seems that the person driving the grey car is sure Krista can identify him or her.  Krista finds arrows on her front steps, and is attacked in her driveway and locked in the barn during a blizzard.  Krista also begins to experience some unusual occurrences at the cabin, including a radio that plays broadcasts from the Vietnam era and some memories that she doesn’t think are her own.   Krista knows that there must be logical reasons for everything and resolves not to let anything deter her from the task at hand.   

While there is a lot about Krista to like (her independence and fortitude to stick out her vacation in the cabin), there are some things about her that are bothersome.  Before she sees the arrow, Krista immediately assumes the man was murdered and did not commit suicide, but gives no reason for her assumption.  She also continues to visit with neighbor Craig Stennet, even though she feels very uncomfortable in his presence, even allowing him to drive her to his home, leaving her with no way home on her own. 

It is also obvious she and Mark are attracted to each other, but aside from his good looks, there doesn’t seem to be any reason for Krista’s interest.  Also, some of the unusual goings on in the cabin are not satisfactorily explained.  The setting is wonderfully drawn, and will make all but the most die-hard sun worshippers eager to visit the north woods of Michigan.  The mystery is well-plotted, though some events that occur will make readers suspicious of the murderer early on.

--Jennifer Monahan Winberry