"Recent" unfortunately being several months ago. As much as I like to do book reviews, I have really fallen off on doing them; just too busy.
This is the fifth installment of my friend Maggie Barbieri's murder mystery/romance/comedy series
about the adventures of college English Professor Alison Bergeron. Here's the review of the first in the series Latest Read: "Murder 101" .
I think the first work in any series is very often the most interesting one, but I'd say that Third Degree, the latest in the series is the best after the initial book.
Alison Bergeron continues as a kind of Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, Zena the Warrior Princess, all rolled into one person. Very amusing. And she still has her romance going with Detective Bobby Crawford. There's a few new people introduced into the series with, perhaps, roles in future books.
The story starts with Alison stopping into her local coffee shop – she lives in the real-life Hudson River town of Dobbs Ferry – and a fist fight breaks out. The result: a local dies.
And the story goes on from there - lots of unexpected twists and turns with a clever ending.
I am looking forward to #6 in the Alison Bergeron series, coming out this November!
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