Third Degree (Murder 101 Mysteries, No. 5)

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.