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Extra Credit (2012)

by Maggie Barbieri(Favorite Author)

3.76 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1250001889 (ISBN13: 9781250001887)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Minotaur Books

series

Murder 101 Mystery

review 1: In Barbieri’s mystery novel, English professor Alison Bergeron hosts a birthday extravaganza for her husband Bobby’s twin daughters. Family comes in droves, including Bobby’s ex, who brings her second husband and four step kids for the ride. When the girl’s uncle dies of an overdose leaving a suicide note and a quarter of a million dollars in cash stuffed in his mattress, the party comes to a screeching halt. With his death come many questions: Where did he get his hands on all this cash? Did he really kill himself, or did someone make it look like a suicide? Family dysfunction comes full circle when the deceased’s stripper ex-wife joins the fun along with a poisoning, a break-in, and a federal offense. Determined to find the answers, Alison uses all of he... morer detective skills to find a motive to fit the crimes.Fast-paced addition to the A Murder 101 Mystery series.
review 2: Looks like I came in at the last scene in a long-running, popular play. No matter. Barbieri's writing is mega-entertaining, even if the "of course I just keep doing stupid things!" chick-detective meme wore a little thin. What I liked: the ex-wife as sympathetic character which irritates Allison even more. The dialogue. The Catholic-college setting. The professorial life. What I didn't like: the stupidity of otherwise rational characters, especially in the dramatic finale. less

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