An unwanted guest
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It's winter in the Catskills and Mitchell's Inn, nestled deep in the woods, is the perfect setting for a relaxing -- maybe even romantic -- weekend away. It boasts spacious old rooms with huge woodburning fireplaces, a well-stocked wine cellar, and opportunities for cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, or just curling up with a good murder mystery. So when the weather takes a turn for the worse and a blizzard cuts off the electricity -- and all contact with the outside world -- the guests settle in for the long haul. Soon, though, one of the guests turns up dead. It looks like a tragic accident. But when a second guest dies, they start to panic. Within the snowed-in paradise, something -- or someone -- is picking off the guests one by one. And there's nothing they can do but hunker down and hope they can survive the storm.