When his snowman comes to life, a little boy invites him home and in return is taken on a flight high above the countryside.

"One night, after the year's first snowfall, a boy named Jonas wakes up and discovers that his mother has disappeared. Only one trace of her remains: a pink scarf, his Christmas gift to her, now worn by the snowman that inexplicably appeared in their yard earlier that day. Inspector Harry Hole suspects a link between the missing woman and a suspicious letter he's received. The case deepens when a pattern emerges: over the past decade, eleven women...

In a variation of the nursery rhyme "The itsy bitsy spider," a snowman takes a wild ride on a sled.

When his snowman comes to life, a little boy invites him home and in return is taken on a flight high above the countryside.