A review by booksuperpower
The Christmas Thief by Mary Higgins Clark

4.0

Mary and Carol Higgins Clark do it again! Alvirah and the gang are back in this funny and heartwarming Christmas mystery.
"Packy " Noonan, a con man that swindled Alvirah and Wally's friend Opal out of her lottery winnings, has been released from prison. Packy has hidden a stash of diamonds in a tree chosen to grace the Rockefeller Center this year. Now Packy has to hurry to get to his tree before it gets taken to New York.
It just so happens that Alvirah and the gang are headed to Vermont on a little vacation. Naturally, they find themselves involved in this wacky caper.
Packy and his two hapless cohorts were hilarious. They couldn't do anything right. There are some really funny moments reading about these inept criminals.
The history of the tree was a sweet heartwarming story.
A light Christmas "cozy " mystery suitable for everyone. I give it an A.