Extra Credit (36 page)

“How much is that going to cost me?” Crawford asked.

“A call to Botswana? Well, we’ll probably need to refinance the house, but he really should know about Max’s baby,” I said. I got a little light-headed. “Seriously, that birth stuff is not for the faint of heart,” I said, dropping my head between my knees.

“You think you can still go through with it?”

I patted my growing midsection. “Do I have a choice?”

ALSO BY MAGGIE BARBIERI

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Murder 101

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

MAGGIE BARBIERI is a freelance editor as well as a mystery novelist. Her father was a member of the NYPD, and his stories provide much of the background for her novels. This is her seventh Murder 101 mystery. She lives in Westchester County, New York.

Visit her online at
www.MaggieBarbieri.com
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This is a work of fiction.
All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

EXTRA CREDIT.
Copyright ©2012 by Maggie Barbieri.
All rights reserved.
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St. Martin’s Press,
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Cover design by David Baldeosingh Rotstein

The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Barbieri, Maggie.

       Extra credit / Maggie Barbieri.—1st ed.

           p.  cm.

       (Murder 101)

       ISBN 978-1-250-00188-7 (hardcover)

       ISBN 978-1-250-01811-3 (e-book)

       1.  Bergeron, Alison (Fictitious character)—Fiction.   2.  Crawford, Bobby (Fictitious character)—Fiction.   3.  Women college teachers—Fiction   4.  Police—New York (State)—New York—Fiction.   5.  Murder—Investigation—Fiction   6.  Family secrets—Fiction   7.  Mystery fiction.   I.  Title.

       PS3602.A767E95 2012

       813'.6—dc23

2012035884

e-ISBN 9781250018113

First Edition: December 2012