Trying to escape her overbearing mother, vintage kitchenware enthusiast and soon-to-be columnist Jaymie Leighton retreats to her familys cottage on Heartbreak Island. While there she hopes to write an article about the Ice House restaurant, owned by good friends and neighbors, siblings Ruby and Garnet Redmond. Once an actual icehouse, the restaurant is charmingly decorated with antique tools of the trade, including a collection of ice picks. One night, while working on her article, Jaymie overhears an argument and, ever the sleuth, sets out to explore. But when she stumbles upon a dead body her blood runs cold. Its Urban Dobrinskie, whose feud with the Redmonds is no secret, and hes got an ice pick through his heart. Now Jaymies got to sharpen her sleuthing skills to chip away at the mystery and prove her neighbors innocence—before someone else gets picked off .
