p'Daffodils freeze and shrubs cry in Stormhaven. They call it 'The Beast from the East' and the temperature's unholy it crucifies all with cruel nails of ice a Siberian chill piercing their bones. And there will be a further killing tonight - human, not plant boy, not man.' ppbrppSo begins another case for Abbot Peter and D.I. Tamsin Shah, with the discovery of a young man's body at the seaside beauty spot of Splash Point. He drowns beneath a cold, uncaring moon and as P.C. Banville observes, it proves a 'hungry death', not be sated by one unfortunate corpse. There must, and will, be more.ppbrppThe investigation will lead the Abbot and Shah into deep but different danger. And it's not just the killer they need worry about.ppPray for the coming of spring. ppbrp