Inspector Julian Rivers must dot all his i’s and cross all his t’s to figure out this high-altitude homicide

In London's Bloomsbury district, Inspector Julian Rivers of Scotland Yard looks down at a dismal scene—he finds the victim, burnt to a crisp. The only thing he has to go on are clues that point to the murderer being a good climber and expert skier. Rivers must do a lot of digging to figure out who would have committed such a heinous crime. First stop: the piercing sunshine and sparkling snow of the Austrian Alps.