Lucas Davenport has tracked killers in cities across America. But the woods of rural Wisconsin are as dark and primal as evil itself. The winters are harsher and colder. And in the heart of every mother and father, there is fear ... While spending the winter at his rural cabin, Davenport is enlisted to investigate a brutal crime in the small town. In his race to uncover the murderer, he learns that the killer's identity isn't the only secret in town. The Iceman is Lucas Davenport's most determined foe - a serial killer driven to cover his brutal tracks with blood.