Icing Ivy
Overview
Once Jane Stuart and Ivy Benson were best friends—until Ivy's daughter Marlene became nanny
to Jane's son and was later murdered. Now it's time for Jane and Ivy to heal past wounds. The
opportunity presents itself at an isolated mountaintop lodge where Jane has scheduled a
writers' retreat.
So much for best intentions. Ivy's brought Johnny, the new man in her life, who has eyes for one
of Jane's students—a local waitress with little promise as a writer but a great future as a home
wrecker. But Carla's not the only reason for Johnny's guest appearance. The handsome lothario
is also a man on the run, and the Mt. Munsee Lodge is his perfect hideaway.
What Johnny's running from is soon catching up with all of them—and with a blizzard leaving
them snowbound, there's no chance for escape. Especially for Ivy. Jane's discovered her friend
stabbed with an ice pick on a lonely mountain trail. Johnny, the likely suspect, has disappeared.
As far as Jane's concerned, he had no motive to ice Ivy. But one of her students apparently did.
As the melting snow gives way to startling clues, Jane and Winky's investigation leads them into
Ivy's complicated past—and the deadly secrets of a writer who has the clever manipulations of
the murder mystery down cold . . .