Writer Lily Mullaly has been convicted of murder and sent to prison. An opportunity to escape presents itself when, in the midst of an escalating snowstorm, the corrections van in which she's travelling is involved in a collision. Can she survive a journey through the raging blizzard, find shelter and summon help? Dreading a long future in prison, she takes that chance. Her desire to reclaim her freedom will draw her into an investigation of the crime she didn't commit. Startling secrets will be revealed, but as winter melts into spring and things heat up, Lily will find herself on thin ice.