A solid media tie-in (the third) in the CSI series. It's a month before Christmas in Vegas. Grissom and Sara are off to a conference in Upper New York. Where there's snow and lots of it. They then manage to find a dead guy in a forest during a nature walk.

At the same time back in Vegas, Nick, Warrick, Catherine, and the gang are trying to solve a body dump case that turns into a former cold case and then even more.

For the most part the characters were all written well. Collins generally does a good job with that side of things. And of course the plot, especially for the Vegas mystery, was very --self-contained--. I always forget how tightly the episodes and the book plots are written. Unlike in real life there never seem to be any random things, any outliers in the CSI world. A little disconcerting for sure.

There was also some really nice Grissom/Sara subtext going on in the pages too. And the end (the last few lines, not the climax) was great. ( )

Another good, fast read in the CSI series of books.

Grissom and Sara Sidle are off to the wilds of outer New York to attend a forensic conference, but when a record snowstorm strands them, along with a Canadian forensic expert and the owners of the Mumford Mountain Hotel with a dead body and numerous suspects, things get a little dicey.

Back in Las Vegas, Catherine, Nick, and Warrick are dealing with a missing persons case that's turned into a homicide investigation with the discovery of the wealthy housewife's body.

Well worth the read! ( )

Not likely to be appreciated by the average reader, TV show fans will enjoy having another "episode" ( )