Maggie Barbieri verfasst fesselnde Kriminalromane, die oft vor einem akademischen Hintergrund angesiedelt sind. Ihr Schreibstil zeichnet sich durch eine geschickte und witzige Erzählweise aus, die die Leser in verschachtelte Handlungen hineinzieht. Barbieri versteht es meisterhaft, die komplexen Motivationen ihrer Charaktere zu erforschen und offenbart dabei einen scharfen Einblick in die menschliche Natur. Ihre Werke sind bekannt für ihre cleveren Rätsellösungsansätze und fesselnden Protagonisten.
When Sean Donovan, a pillar of the Farringville, N.Y., community, is brutally murdered, his cousin Maeve Conlon, an overworked baker and divorced mother of two, finds herself dragged into the investigation after the police begin to suspect her father, Jack Conlon, of committing the crime.
Maggie Barbieri [also writing as Maggie McConnon] is the author of the Murder 101 series, which is comprised of Murder 101 (2006); Extracurricular Activities (2007), Quick Study (2008), Final Exam (2009) and Third Degree (due November 2010.) She lives in the New York metro area/Hudson Valley with her husband, and two children. By day she's a writer and editor of college textbooks. She is currently at work on the sixth book in the series, still untitled.