Thin Ice

Hockey is a dangerous game, but its what happens off the ice that can get you killed Curtis Ritchie is the only news in town when Ottawa takes the young hockey sensation first overall in the annual spring draft. But on the eve of Ritchies rookie season, the media frenzy over the signing and the controversial trades that secured the young star are eclipsed by news of his murder. As Ottawa Major Crimes Unit investigator Jack Smith reassembles Ritchies life, he is surprised by how much it differs from the fledgling stars clean-cut image. A long list of suspects soon emerges, any one of whom had good reasons to want Ritchie dead. But theres something else about the young phenom a secret so profound that its revelation to the wrong person could only have meant Ritchies end.