Karl Griffin travels to Moscow on a business trip, meets Natasha Petrova, his Snow Maiden, and falls head over heels in love. The pair set up home in Scarborough - but Karl's ex-girlfriend is not pleased! Meanwhile, drug wars are raging in Leeds, and Nathaniel White is building up his empire with the help of a Russian agent, Boris Orlov, who has fallen for a Leeds woman and has gone native. The Russian Secret Service would 'like' him back! As the violence spreads to Scarborough, DI Don Bentley, who is addicted to jelly babies, the bright, but naive George Ryan, and the local CID team struggle to cope with a situation which is rapidly spinning out of control. Events in Naomi Hudson's third novel race to a dramatic finale... .... but who is the mysterious Snow Maiden?