So. Where were we? Ah yes. At the end of last week’s episode, Elliot Steele--also known as Ellie Copper--was presumed dead, having been buried in an in-bounds avalanche. Was he the fourth victim of the local serial killer, the Sprucedale Sicko?  So many...

Last week, we left Deputy Sam Lewis and his new Assistant Deputy Janet Bukowski  standing over a snow pit dug in a field of avalanche debris. They were staring at what appeared to be the first sign of suspected-blackmailer Elliot Steele, buried in the...