Killing in the Village Commons

<p>Winter has come to the lost Norse village of Villmark the wind and snow separating cozy house from cozy house like a knife breaks apart shortbread.</p><p><br></p><p>And for the first time in her life Ingrid Torfa lives alone. No mother no grandmother no roommate. Just a big empty house and a cat who loves to disappear. Magical studies fill her every waking hour and yet those hours stretch out in unbroken silence.</p><p><br></p><p>Until a scream rents the night drawing every neighbor out into the cold streets. A woman lies dead at the bottom of the well. It looks like an accident to the villagers but to Ingrid it feels like a murder.</p><p><br></p><p>Luckily Ingrid knows just the friends to help her solve the mystery. Not even the bite of winter can stop them from uncovering the truth.</p>