- Mass Market Paperback: 201 pages
- Publisher: Ballantine Books Inc.; Reissue edition (Oct 1988)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0345353404
- ISBN-13: 978-0345353405
- Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 1.3 x 17.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,348,768 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Anthony Award winner for Best First Mystery Novel -- the debut of the Philadelphia-set Amanda Pepper
series.
Amanda Pepper, English teacher at Philly Prep, does not hate her life. But when a fellow teacher who's engaged to a senate candidate, begs for rest on Amanda's couch, then dies, things could be better. Then the police suspect her of murder, she begins her own investigation, and ends by teaching a certain blue-eyed cop a thing or two....
"Gillian Roberts is a mystery reader's dream come true."
Lia Matera
series.
Amanda Pepper, English teacher at Philly Prep, does not hate her life. But when a fellow teacher who's engaged to a senate candidate, begs for rest on Amanda's couch, then dies, things could be better. Then the police suspect her of murder, she begins her own investigation, and ends by teaching a certain blue-eyed cop a thing or two....
"Gillian Roberts is a mystery reader's dream come true."
Lia Matera
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I read this entire book on a long plane flight, I was unable to put it down. That's rare in a book...I look forward to the rest of the Amanda Pepper series!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This is the first novel I have read by Gillian Roberts, and Amanda Pepper's antics prompted me to look for more work by this author.The strength of this novel is in Roberts' characters:Amanda, a likeable but meddlesome would-be slueth,Amanda's pushy mother and older sister intent to see her married off at the earliest possible opportunity, colorful counterparts at the local prep school, and of course the delighfully impossible detective McKenzie, who is identified with the initials C.K. and deigns to reveal his first name to Amanda, who is as determined to solve that mystery as any other. I hope to see more of Amanda's relationship with C.K. The plot was fairly predictable, although not trite. The ending was no surprise (except to the cops, who don't seem to be the brightest men in Philadelphia) but was salvaged because of Roberts' humorous telling and Amanda's wit. All in all, a good read and a series worth following. Amanda is the kind of gal who could get herself into all sorts of interesting messes.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Amanda Pepper is a thirty-year-old unmarried English teacher at elitist Philadelphia Prep and an amateur detective. She is a very likeable heroine and the book is consistently funny throughout. It is easy to understand why the author received an Anthony Award for best first mystery for this novel.
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