Huge, historic Cedar Lodge, nestled on the shore of lush, sylvan Willow Pond, is one of Maine's most famous fishing camps, renowned for its gourmet kitchen and home of celebrated guides Brad Seldon and Merrill Beauchamp. Fishermen from all over the world come to this sportsman’s paradise.
But lurking beneath this empyrean exterior is a viper’s nest of greed, lust revenge and homicidal fury.
When Iphigene “Gene” Seldon, rugged, cruel owner of Cedar Lodge Enterprises, who keeps her nephews and niece trapped under her domineering thumb, is horrifically murdered during a raging thunderstorm, a whirlwind of violence is released. More murders terrify the lodge’s guests and baffle the local sheriff and deputies.
Caught in the midst of this savagery are two diffident retired professors, Six and Alicia Godwin, who stumble onto the answers to some of the frightening mysteries and eventually save the day during a rampaging climax.