Synopses & Reviews
She thought that dating a good-looking cop would be exciting and involve lots of riding around in cruisers and putting away sleazy crooks. So why hasnt NYPD officer Bobby Crawford ever invited English professor Alison on any high-speed car chases or stakeouts?
Life on the sleepy college campus just north of Manhattan may not have changed all that much with Alisons new romance. But things are about to heat up when an man named Hernan Escalante asks Alison for a favor: Can she help locate his nephew, an illegal Ecuadorian immigrant named Jose, who has mysteriously gone missing? Always up for a challenge, Alison agrees to help Hernan—and begins her investigation by asking Bobby for some expert advice. Turns out Bobby already knows about what happened to Jose, since hes the one who pulled his corpse out of the Hudson River a few days earlier. With this case, it seems Alisons still got a lot to learn…
Review
“A high-octane blend of romance, laughs, and chills.” —Publishers Weekly
Synopsis
For professional academic and amateur sleuth Alison Bergeron, staying out of trouble is never on the syllabus…
She thought that dating a good-looking cop would be exciting and involve lots of riding around in cruisers and putting away sleazy crooks. So why hasnt NYPD officer Bobby Crawford ever invited English professor Alison on any high-speed car chases or stakeouts?
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About the Author
Maggie Barbieri, author of the Murder 101 series, is a freelance textbook editor as well as a mystery novelist. Her father was a member of the New York Police Department, and his stories provide much of the background for her mysteries. This is her third novel. She lives in Westchester County, New York.