Snowstorm Deposits a Body

In the first book in the series, Too Cute to Kill, author Linda Crowder introduces Jake and Emma Rand. He is an attorney specializing in juvenile cases and she is a therapist in private practice and they live in Casper, Wyoming. The next day after a large snowstorm, Jake and Emma, they discover a woman's body partially buried by snow on their property. The woman is not dressed in winter clothing and Jake and Emma cannot figure out how she landed on their property.

While the police try to identify the victim and discover how she died, Emma and Jake decide to investigate on their own. They learn the woman was dead before her body was deposited on their  property, and as the Sheriff fears, the autopsy shows she died of a drug overdose.

When another body is found at the Fort Casper Museum, there

seems to be no connection between the two victims. As Jake and Emma probe deeper they find an unlikely connection and are engulfed in the middle of a confusing and frightening quest to find a killer.

It was a real struggle to find a cozy mystery set in Wyoming and I'm happy I found this series. Jake and Emma are people you would like to have as your next door neighbors. They are active in their communities and are dedicated to their jobs, and they are nice people. The mystery is well plotted and when the pieces fall together, it produces a satisfying conclusion.

I'm already reading the second book in the series Main Street Murder.