The Snow White Christmas Cookie: A Berger and Mitry Mystery (Berger and Mitry Mysteries)
Connecticut trooper Des Mitry becomes involved when mail and other items are being stolen from curbside boxes, and the local postmaster, Paulette Zander, is reluctant to report the matter to postal inspectors, fearing their small-town customs will be misunderstood. Des agrees to investigate if Paulette reports the crimes, and she soon learns that in addition to holiday packages and cash, prescription medications are also disappearing from the mailboxes. Then troubled Bryce Peck commits suicide. When a second suspicious-looking suicide occurs, Des begins to wonder whether all the cases are connected, and it soon turns out there may be a link to organized crime. Assisted by a task force including officers from the Connecticut State Police, the FBI, as well as her film-critic boyfriend, Mitch Berger, Des solves the cases but not before Mitch is in terrible danger. Police procedure frames this complex tale set in small-town Dorset, Connecticut. An appealing mix of procedural and cozy. --Sue OBrien