I dig a compelling mystery and this book definitely had moments of brilliance. It also had moments of "Wait, did I just read that?" Clichéd phrases in otherwise interesting stories are so painful.
Also, for a book written by two women as part of a series featuring a strong female protagonist there were too many parts that felt decidedly (and distractingly) anti-woman.

I'm also of the mind that fictional mysteries should include resolutions. Mostly because I think creating a mystery is a whole lot simpler than seeing that mystery through to its big reveal. If that makes me an unereasonable and/or needy mystery reader, so be it.

Ultimately, this was a quick and not unenjoyable read, and I'm never going to look at snowmen the same way, so there's that.

This story also gets bonus points in my book for being written by a mother/daughter duo who wrote the book together via alternating chapters. I find that equal parts amusing and impressive, and not just because it was something I once tried to do with a friend in college (before quickly realizing I wasn't as interested in where our would-be story might be going as much as I was befuddled by the pieces he added to it).

[Three stars for easy-to-turn pages.]