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  • Quick Study

  • A Murder 101 Mystery, Book 3
  • Written by: Maggie Barbieri
  • Narrated by: Gayle Hendrix
  • Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
  • 3.0 out of 5 stars (1 rating)

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Quick Study

Written by: Maggie Barbieri
Narrated by: Gayle Hendrix
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College English professor Alison Bergeron thought that dating a cute NYPD detective like Bobby Crawford would be exciting and involve a lot of riding around in cruisers and putting away sleazy crooks, but he has yet to invite her on any stakeouts.... Then when a friend asks her to help him find his nephew, she goes to Bobby for advice only to find out that he already knows about the case. He pulled the boy out of the Hudson River a few days earlier. The boy’s employer calls it an accident, but Alison and Bobby aren’t convinced.

With matchmaking and sleuthing to spare, staying out of trouble isn’t on the syllabus when Alison and Bobby team up in Quick Study, Maggie Barbieri’s most outrageous outing yet.

©2008 Maggie Barbieri (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

With some sleuthing experience already under her belt and a boyfriend who works for the NYPD, Alison Bergeron offers to help the Ecuadorian immigrant who she meets at the soup kitchen she works in find his missing nephew. But of course, in this, the third installment of Maggie Barbieri’s Murder 101 series, Alison finds herself getting involved in a more complex problem than she had imagined when the nephew turns up dead. Gayle Hendrix reprises her role, giving a sassy performance as the detective who gets by as much on her dry wit as her inspection skills. Here is another fun, light, mystery that will delight listeners.

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  • Vickie Beltramo
  • 06-07-23

Better and better

Totally fun and enjoyable story. the story gets better with each book with a twist at the end.

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  • Susie
  • 22-09-22

LOL mystery

Love these books. The mystery is always engaging. And the books are laugh out loud funny at the same time.

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  • BCGome
  • 15-03-22

Great Listen

This title has made for an excellent listening experience. I look forward to enjoying the entire series.

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  • Khadijah
  • 03-01-22

I Only Finished Because I Wanted to Know Who Done It

Sadly, as with all of the other books, the main character Alison, who also happens to be a PhD, is frustratingly stupid. Her choices in most of the predicaments she finds herself in are just- ugh.

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  • Shelly Frey
  • 25-01-21

Professional narrator? Um...

...no. Seriously annoying voice with the most Valley Girl cadence since, well, ever. And her attempts at doing different accents is shudderingly bad and she often forgets which she assigned to which. So Bobby sometimes sounds like Max,etc.

The stories are better than the average cozy mystery though It gets that the author describes various things/people/etc as “...I’ve ever seen/heard/known/etc.” it’s a lazy way to describe something but once in awhile it can be effective. However, the author, in this book at least, uses it”more than anyone I’ve ever read/ known/heard of!” Often enough to be annoying.

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  • Julie
  • 29-03-23

Definitely not qucik

To be totally honest I struggled to finish this book which would have been a shame because by the end it had gotten a lot better. It was just too slow, I know you have to set the scene but there was too much information that had nothing to do with the mystery and a lot of love life drama that didn't come to anything, the murder didn't even happen until about half way through the story. I liked the nuns and the humour they inadvertently brought to the story but not sure how I felt about the main character, who I took a while to warm to and you never would have known she was a professor as she hardly silent anytime feathering to busy going to sports games. The mystery was good when it got going and in fact you ended up with two dead bodies and a missing person to investigate but that is only if you stick with it. Not sure if I will jump straight back into this series though.

Alison while doing community service at a local church, serving food to the needy, she makes friends with a family. Wanting to help them she hires them to decorate her lounge, the father is a hard worker but the nephew seems less inclined to work and she isn't surprised when he doesn't return after lunch. She is surprised when his uncle who is missing a green card then to her for help in finding him. Her cop boyfriend know all about the boy, as he helped pull his body out of the river. Even though it's know become a murder enquiry Alison can't help but get involved. Can she help her friends by finding the killer? Especially as the uncle while carrying out his own investigation goes missing. It gets even more complicated when another body connected to his work place is discovered and the FBI get involved.
I liked the narrator. She gave each character there own voice.

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  • Linda D.
  • 03-09-23

Awesome

What a captivating story. I enjoyed listening to this and following the series. I fully recommend this series.

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  • Anonymous User
  • 13-12-21

Easy listening

I listened to the story in one day - Alison really grows on you. Nice easy to listen to book.

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