As developers overseeing the expansion of the ski resort at Vermont's Tucker Peak clash with environmentalists protesting the project, the slope-side condo owners suffer a rash of burglaries. Sheriff's Lt. Joe Gunther soon realizes the most likely thief has vanished--leaving behind a dead girlfriend. Grappling with an increasingly violent game, Joe soon finds himself caught in a perilous town where truth may be the deadliest sport of all.
An overworked sheriff and a string of condo burglaries at a luxurious ski resort have Lt. Joe Gunther and the newly-minted Vermont Bureau of Investigation digging deep for clues. But it doesnt take long for Joe to find the most likely thief missingand his girlfriend dead. As the complications mount, from drug dealing to environmental terrorism to attempted murder, Joe and his team go undercover to infiltrate the closed society of a one-company town, populated by bored millionaires and supported by a small legion of resort employees, not all of whom are what they seem.