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Murder 101 (Alison Bergeron)
Author: Maggie Barbieri

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Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780312947620 - ISBN-10: 0312947623
Publication Date: 11/27/2007
Pages: 320

Book Description:
Safely away from the chaos of Manhattan, St. Thomas, a small college on the banks of the Hudson River in the Bronx, is supposed to be tranquil, bucolic, and serene. Unfortunately, English professor Alison Bergeron has found it to be anything but. Recently divorced from a fellow professor and even more recently without a car -- it was stolen -- she has been hoofing it to school.

One Friday evening, two NYPD homicide detectives drop by her office. The good news is that they found her beat-up Volvo; the bad news is that the body of one of the students in her Shakespeare seminar was in the trunk. Not only are Alison's chances of getting the car back bleak, but suddenly she's the primary suspect on a list that includes, among others, the murdered student's drug-dealing boyfriend, Vince, and the girl's father's business rivals (he's head of an old Italian family... )

Accused of a crime that she didn't commit, Alison enlists her best friend, Max's, emotional support and services as an amateur sleuth. Their fumbling efforts to clear Alison's name could land her in even hotter water with Detective Bobby Crawford, the handsome investigating officer (and former altar boy) -- not to mention the nuns at St. Thomas...

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Keri (JaneAustenFan) wrote on 10/6/2008...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

I really enjoyed this book-I did guess who the murderer was pretty much right away but it was still fun reading and I wasn't 100% sure all the time reading it. She kept me second guessing myself most of the way through the book.

Margaret G. (margaretbx) wrote on 6/21/2009...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Chick lit with smart women, comedy and a murder mystery all rolled into one. I really enjoyed this!

And if you attended The College of Mount Saint Vincent, Manhattan College or lived in the Bronx or Westchester, you'll read about some familiar landmarks.

Jennifer B. (gwany1999) wrote on 5/26/2009...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

I though the book was OK. I liked it up until Alison has a major snag with her sort of boyfriend. If I say to much I will give it away, but I just didn't like it. To leave something that major out of a conversation is pretty big, but then again the author does not give the characters much time to talk about other things besides the murder investigation. I don't even see how they were a couple. Only finished the book because I started it. Not interested in the other books.


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