Read Series: Amanda Pepper
by Author Gillian Roberts
The Mummers' Curse (1997)
In her new novel starring Philadelphia schoolteacher Amanda Pepper, Gillian Roberts once again mixes mystery and mirth. This time Roberts explores Philadelphia's unique flesh and blood "historical monument"-- the Mummers, who live (and perhaps are willing to die) for a few hours of glory every Ne...
In the Dead of Summer (1996)
Philly. I mean the city, not the sandwich. And Ms. Pepper. In my eyes, one does not go without the other. The City of Brotherly Love would be a much lesser place without Mandy, the teacher. Amanda Pepper is looking for some extra cash and decides that teaching summer school is the definitive answ...
Adam and Evil (2000)
Philly Prep English teacher Amanda Pepper fears for her bright senior student Adam Evans. Increasingly erratic 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 mysteri...
The Bluest Blood (1999)
For English teacher Amanda Pepper, the champagne gala on behalf of Philly Prep's library is her introduction to the ultrarich Main Line society--an evening so extravagant that nothing can tarnish the party . . . not even a group of protesters outside burning the host in effigy. The Moral Ecologis...
Helen Hath No Fury (2001)
In the stately nineteenth-century homes on Philadelphia’s Delancey Street, the wilder passions scarcely ruffle the peace. Murder is unthinkable, particularly a murder involving an upscale book discussion group, of which schoolteacher Amanda Pepper is a devoted member. Nevertheless, on the day aft...
Caught Dead in Philadelphia (1988)
Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found here.Anthony Award winner for Best First Mystery Novel -- the debut of the Philadelphia-set Amanda Pepperseries.Amanda Pepper, English teacher at Philly Prep, does not hate her life. But when a fellow teacher who's engaged to a sena...
I'd Rather Be in Philadelphia (1993)
Book three in the Anthony Award-winning mystery series featuring Amanda Pepper, the resourceful English teacher at Philly Prep. Amanda is sorting books for a school fundraiser, when she comes across a book for battered women that contains a special and frightening message from its original, anony...
Till the End of Tom (2006)
Traditionally, Old Philadelphians keep a low profile. They associate with one another and leave life as discreetly as they have lived it. So Philly Prep English teacher Amanda Pepper, who thinks her only current problems are keeping her well-meaning family from hijacking her wedding, is understan...
A Hole in Juan (2007)
I had high hopes for this book. Any cozy set at Halloween is my idea of the perfect read. Unfortunately this one did not have as much halloween festivities as I expected. The main character is a school teacher, who notices a lot of pranks around school, a teacher gets hurt and more pranks are thr...
Philly Stakes (1995)
Amanda Pepper is the ultimate in everyday crime solvers. She's really a school teacher, but seemed to find herself in some awkward situations where she just has to play sleuth. I really like her because she's believable. She doesn't pull clues and theories out of mid air and she doesn't go out of...
With Friends Like These... (1995)
Well-known Broadway playwright and TV producer Lyle Zacharias is throwing himself a lavish birthday party in his hometown of Philadelphia. Guests include his current wife, ex-wives, friends, former partners—not to mention Amanda Pepper and her own irrepressible mother, Bea. Yet when Lyle drops de...
All's Well That Ends (2007)
Barring the usual teenage pranks, all seems peaceful at Philly Prep, the private school in Philadelphia where Amanda Pepper teaches English. No doubt the money that appears to be missing from funds collected to aid victims of a catastrophic hurricane Down South will turn up. Probably the rumor th...