title: Quick Study: A Murder 101 Mystery
author:  Maggie Barbieri 
description: In Barbieri's witty third cozy to feature English professor Alison Bergeron (after 2007's <i>Extracurricular Activities</i>), Alison befriends Hernan Escalante and his extended family from Ecuador at the soup kitchen where she's doing community service north of New York City. When the beaten body of Jose Tomasso, one of Hernan's relatives and an illegal immigrant, surfaces in the Hudson near Riviera Pointe, a luxury condo development in the Bronx where Jose was a construction worker, Alison offers to help Hernan find out what happened. After a second murder at Riviera Pointe, Hernan disappears. Alison's investigation leads her and her sidekicks, including her faithful canine companion, Trixie, into all sorts of nail-biting danger. An offer of assistance from former sweetie Jack McManus, marketing director for the New York Rangers, tests Alison's relationship with her main squeeze, NYPD detective Bobby Crawford. Barbieri scores again with this high-octane blend of romance, laughs and chills. <i>(Dec.)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  > > > Dedicated to  
  >  **Tatiana Dee** _ **nee**_ **Maksina**
  
  **CONTENTS**
  
  Title Page
  
  Dedication
  
  Introduction: ‘You want to know why I killed?’
  
  **PART ONE**
  
  **‘WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL, I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A NUN.’**
  
  Chapter One: The Cigarette Bandit
  
  Chapter Two: The Odd Couple
  
  Chapter Three: Tyria Jolene Moore
  
  **PART TWO**
  
  **‘OF COURSE I DIDN’T REALLY WANT TO KILL THEM IN MY HEART, BUT I KNEW I HAD
  TO.’**
  
  Chapter Four: Richard Mallory
  
  Chapter Five: David Spears
  
  Chapter Six: Charles ‘Chuck’ Carskaddon
  
  Chapter Seven: Peter Siems
  
  Chapter Eight: Eugene ‘Troy’ Burress
  
  Chapter Nine: Curtis ‘Corky’ Reid
  
  Chapter Ten: Charles ‘Dick’ Humphreys
  
  Chapter Eleven: Walter Gino Antonio
  
  **PART THREE**
  
  **‘AND MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON YOUR CORPSE.’**
  
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  Chapter Twelve: Parting Company
  
  Chapter Thirteen: The Arrest
  
  Chapter Fourteen: Aileen Wuornos’s Confession – In Her Own Words
  
  Chapter Fifteen: The Execution
  
  Chapter Sixteen: The Movie
  
  **PART FO