Slap Shot to the Heart: A Fur on the Ice Mystery

About Slap Shot to the Heart: A Fur on the Ice Mystery

Amy Sullivan runs the Cedar Ridge Ice Complex with precision and dedication, managing everything from Zamboni schedules to tournament logistics with her energetic border collie Gus by her side. But when she discovers the assistant coach of a visiting hockey team dead in the locker room during a youth tournament, Amy's orderly world is thrown into chaos. The police quickly focus on the obvious suspects, but Gus's unusual behavior and Amy's intimate knowledge of the facility's rhythms suggest the truth is far more complicated than a simple confrontation gone wrong.

As Amy navigates anxious parents, temperamental coaches, and staff members with secrets of their own, she uncovers a blackmail scheme that reaches far beyond the ice rinks. The victim had been systematically collecting payments from people desperate to hide their pasts and protect their futures, and someone finally decided to make him stop. Every clue points to someone who knew the complex inside and out, someone who understood exactly when the corridors would be empty and how to move through the building undetected.

With Gus's keen instincts alerting her to hidden evidence and her own analytical mind piecing together schedules and discrepancies, Amy races to find the killer before an innocent person takes the fall. In the competitive world of youth hockey, ambition and desperation can prove as deadly as any slapshot. Amy must use all her observational skills and Gus's natural talents to separate the innocent from the guilty, because in Cedar Ridge, even the most trusted members of the community might be hiding dangerous secrets beneath their carefully constructed facades.