After the debacle at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, Atticus is glad to get back to his quiet, simple life. Months after the murder case though, Scout decides his brother could use a holiday. He books spots for him, his brother, and their friend, Freddy, at an archaeological dig near the Lake District. What starts out as an educational holiday, though, quickly turns into another investigation when one of the dig team goes missing. In the newest book about Atticus McLaren; autistic museum tech turned amateur detective, winter has come to Britain, along with relentless rain. Will the three of them solve the mystery or will they be impeded by the weather, being cooped up with a dangerous criminal, and by their own demons?