Gillian Roberts
Author
Series
Amanda Pepper mysteries volume 7
Pub. Date
[1996]
Description
Philidelphia schoolteacher Amanda Pepper is drawn into a murder investigation after she witnesses the murder of a New Year's mummer, and a friend, who happens to be the prime suspect, uses her for an alibi.
Author
Series
Amanda Pepper mysteries volume 10
Pub. Date
[2000]
Description
Amanda Pepper is not the usual gumshoe; she teaches English in one of Philadelphia's most exclusive schools. In a world of old families and solid wealth, Amanda's cases test her wit, wisdom, and social graces. During a lively discussion of The Awakening at Amanda's book club meeting, a member, Helen Coulter, vigorously denounces the main character's suicide as cowardly. When Helen tragically falls from the roof of her house the very next day, Amanda...
Author
Series
Amanda Pepper mysteries volume 1
Pub. Date
[1987]
Description
The debut of Philly Prep English teacher and accidental sleuth, Amanda Pepper, (and of C.K. Mackenzie, homicide detective) won the World Mystery Convention's "Anthony" for best first mystery. When the body of a colleague is found dead in Amanda's living room, she has to clear herself of suspicion-and make sure she isn't the next victim as well. And all she's got as a clue to the real killer's identity is a locket shaped like Winnie-the-Pooh.
Author
Series
Amanda Pepper mysteries volume 8
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Description
"Aristocratic Philadelphia natives may think the bluest blood in America flows through their veins, but sometimes outsiders with large fortunes can buy their way into this privileged company."--BOOK JACKET. "For English teacher Amanda Pepper, the champagne gala on behalf of Philly Prep's library is a night to remember. After all, it is her introduction to ultrarich society - an evening so extravagant that nothing can tarnish the party .. not even...
Author
Series
Amanda Pepper mysteries volume 9
Pub. Date
[1999]
Description
Philly Prep English teacher Amanda Pepper fears for her bright senior student Adam Evans. Increasingly erratic, unkempt, and isolated, Adam is an accident waiting to happen. So when a young woman is murdered at the landmark Free Library while Amanda and her class are touring the premises, Adam--now mysteriously missing--becomes the prime suspect.
Author
Series
Amanda Pepper mysteries volume 11
Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
Worried about the background of Emmie Cade, her son's enigmatic young fiancée, Claire Fairchild hires amateur sleuth Amanda Pepper to investigate some mysterious anonymous letters that hint at scandal--and worse--in Emmie's past.