Snow Place for Murder (Mountain Lodge Mysteries, 3)

The third in the charming and engrossing Mountain Lodge mystery series by Diane Kelly, in Snow Place for Murder, the weather at the Mountaintop Lodge is truly frightful International resort developer Nigel Goodwin has traveled all the way from London, England to Misty Murphys little corner of North Carolina and bought out the Mountaintop Lodge for the week prior to Christmas. Their intention? To pitch an exclusive new resort concept to wealthy American investors. But locals are at odds over the idea, and when a group comes to the lodge to express their worries to Mr. Goodwin and the potential investors, a blizzard hits Beech Mountain. Like the weather outside, things quickly get frosty, and Misty has to call local police to intervene. Handyman Rocky Crowder plows the lodges drive and, in an attempt to regain a jovial holiday atmosphere, smooths the snow pile into a makeshift sledding hill for the guests to enjoy. Mistys boys have finished their exams and are home from college for the winter break, planning to spend most of their time snowboarding at the ski resort. While taking a few runs down Rockys sledding hill, they discover a funny-looking, nose-shaped rock. Only its not a rock. Its the frozen nose of Nigel Goodwin, whos found dead and buried under the mound of snow. Who put the developer on ice and why?