St. Martin’s, New York, 2005, 1^st paperback pr.  ISBN 0-312-98579-7.  MMPB, 310 pages.  Unread copy with just a touch of cover wear; pages lightly tanning.  Hollywood’s A List ‘is invited to a party to honor legendary film director Ada Geiger at the faux castle her husband built for her in Dorset, Connecticut. … The gathering is pared down to just a few people: Ada’s son and his wife up from New York, the Castle’s caretaker and her brother Les, Mitch and his beautiful police officer lover, Des Mitry, and a few others.  It’s the snowiest winter anyone under the age of ninety can remember … stranding the guests at the Castle. … one by one the people at the Castle are killed off.  Delving into the investigation, Des and Mitch are faced with their toughest case yet …’ (from rear wrap)