A man lies hidden in an abandoned boat. Stifling screams, he draws a knife across his arm, letting the blood flow free. Soon he'll be dead and life can begin again.Three decades later Declan McIlroy, a 39-year-old loner, is found frozen to death in his flat as Arctic temperatures grip the cathedral city of Ely. His is not the only cold death that w inter, but nevertheless reporter Philip Dryden has worrying doubts, for it seems Declan may not have been alone as he slowly froze to death . . .
