"The freezing rain fell all night. Montreal resembles an ice rink. In the half-empty newsroom of a daily newspaper, where Christmas garlands are still lying around, reporters slowly return to work, while in Saint- Albert-sur-le-Lac, a postcard-like village nestled in the heart of the Eastern Townships, we see the tragic consequences of a fire. Journalist Michel Duquesne is dispatched to the scene. An astonishing revelation, then traces trapped in the ice will lead him on a track that will expose him to unsuspected dangers, while awakening in him monsters of his childhood.To the chagrin of his bosses, Duquesne will do as he pleases to get to the bottom of this case."-- Provided by the publisher.vFcik