When the ice melts, the truth comes to lightSnow melts in the mountains of Lapland. The body of a man is uncovered. Shot - about 20 years ago. Olivia Rönning takes up the investigation. On the way to the discovery site, her helicopter gets caught in a storm and crashes. When Olivia wakes up, she is on her own, the radio is not working. She frees herself from the wreckage and rescues herself to a lonely fishing hut. But she is not alone in this inhospitable place, cut off from the world, because someone is determined to prevent the truth about the dead man from coming to light. When Tom Stilton learns what happened to Olivia, he gives up his quiet life in Thailand to help her.