Much better than the first book, although the policeman is still a bit of an idiot in the way he runs his investigations. I had figured out who dunnit pretty much before the first clue against this person was dropped. If only Crew had had my vantage point.

In a ski resort, up a mountain, during a snowstorm, the owner with a controlling interest suddenly drops dead. The guy was a jerk to pretty much everyone, even his friends, so finding a person who didn't want to kill him would probably be harder than finding the one who did. When asked, everyone denies of course, often citing the man's few good qualities. Fiona, apparently asks better questions than Crew, as someone pushes her out into the cold. This makes Fiona only more determined to find the murderer.

Some things that bothered me:
* why would a premed student, that has wanted to be a doctor since she was a kid drop out of college (postpone her studies) to become a ski-instructor and perhaps try out for the national snowboarding team? It makes her seem fickle about her dreams.
* why didn't Fiona entertain the thought that the murderer might have already tried to get away on the missing snow mobile? She knew one had gone missing around the time of the murder. In stead, like everyone else she kept assuming the murderer hadn't left the lodge yet.

* why would the mayor - who likes things to run her way - would have a parade of dogs at the start of her moment to shine? There's a risk of the dogs running amok (not something the mayor would appreciate) and the dogs had absolutely no relation to the venue (which might have been a reason for the mayor to accept the amok risk). It seems, the only reason for the dogs to be there, is so that the author could have Fiona's pug Petunia in the story.
* and where were the titular chocolate hearts?