Third Degree

Description:

On her way to meet her boyfriend's parents, college professor Alison Bergeron stops by a coffee shop to steel her resolve. It's a big event. Not only is it the first time she's met NYPD detective Bobby Crawford's entire family, but it's coming on the heels of a wedding proposal that she has left unanswered so far. Then, as she steps into the shop, a brawl breaks out that ends in the death of Carter Wilmott, a merciless and loathed local blogger. The case couldn't be any simpler, and Alison witnessed the whole thing, but when Wilmott's car explodes in the aftermath, what looked to be a crime of passion becomes something far more complicated and maybe even premeditate. With Alison and Bobby involved in the case and with each other, readers are in for a treat. Third Degree, the latest in Maggie Barbieri's charming mystery series, is one heated mystery with plenty of steamy romance and cunning villains who are about to get burned.

subjects: Fiction,  Cozy Mystery,  Detective and mystery stories,  Police,  blogs,  teachers,  A Murder 101 mystery,  An Alison Bergeron Mystery,  Worldwide Mysteries,  Alison Bergeron (Fictitious character),  Bobby Crawford (Fictitious character),  Women college teachers,  Couples,  Fiction, mystery & detective, general,  College teachers, fiction

People: Alison Bergeron,  Bobby Crawford

Places: Bronx,  New York,  New York (State),  Bronx (New York,  N.Y.)

Times: Contemporary,  2010