Title: Third Degree
Subtitle: A Murder 101 Mystery
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
Places: Bronx, New York, New York (State), Bronx (New York, N.Y.)
People: Alison Bergeron, Bobby Crawford
Time periods: Contemporary, 2010