Snow
We know, the title totally gave that one away, right? Yeah, there's a lot of snow in this book. As if all the trial drama weren't enough for you, there's a wicked snowstorm hitting San Piedro, whic...
Cedar
Cedar is quite literally everywhere in the book; you can't go too many pages without a reference to the trees themselves or something that's made out of cedar wood (for example, it seems that every...
Fog
Don't think that snow is the only weather condition that gets a shout-out. Fog is a key player, too—particularly on the night of Carl Heine's death. First and foremost, it's notable from a plotti...