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 Ecologists, who vehemently claim that "reading pollutes the mind," will do anything to advance their agenda. And--when her affluent new acquaintances, Neddy and Tea Roederer, prove to be just as deceitful and violent--Amanda learns firsthand that the bluest blood bleeds just as red. Especially when it comes to murder. . . .