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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 dead in the middle of a speech, it appears the likely perpetrator is none other than Bea, whose gift was fifty delicious, but apparently poisoned, tarts...

In the City of Brotherly Love, nobody knows a thing about Emmie Cade, a young widow who "appeared from nowhere, " and in the blink of an eye was engaged to Leo Fairchild, a middle-aged bachelor with a fortune. However, as her marriage date approaches, Emmie's mother-in-law to be, the ailing, autocratic Claire Fairchild, receives anonymous letters. They suggest, none too subtly, that there's a great deal to learn about the mysterious young woma...

The ultra-elegant fund-raiser in a fabled Main Line mansion benefits Philly Prep's Library, and gives Amanda a chance to play Cinderella for a night. The first clue that all might not go well is the host's figure hanging in effigy outside the estate, put there by the Moral Ecologists who have a long list of classic books that "pollute the mind." When murder follows, Amanda becomes enmeshed in old secrets and young lives.

Includes a new introduction from author Gillian Roberts and an exclusive interview with Amanda Pepper herself! When a high school senior shows signs of mental illness, Amanda attempts to get him help, but she's rebuffed by his parents. When the same boy then becomes the prime suspect in a murder at the Philadelphia Main Library, and runs away, Amanda, who knows he's confused and in need of help-whether or not he committed the crime-has no ch...

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 after a heated discussion of a fictional heroine's suicide, book group member Helen Coulter falls to her death from her roof garden. Helen's death is dec...

No matter the season, the Philadelphia private school where Amanda Pepper teaches English is never a center of tranquility. But with Halloween and the annual Mischief Night party only days away, the hope is that nothing more than old-fashioned vandalism and pranks will take place. No such luck. Trouble erupts long before the witching hour, as the school is plagued by a series of mishaps ranging from the trivial to the potentially deadly-and ...

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 understandably stunned to discover a perfect specimen of the species dying at the foot of the school's marble staircase. It is anybody's guess what led to To...

Amanda attempts to instill the spirit of Christmas by having her students prepare and serve a meal for the homeless, but her plan backfires. A wealthy and politically ambitious parent, Alexander "Sandy" Clausen, turns the event into a lavish, catered publicity and personal photo-op. Worse, his party ends in fire and death with his daughter, Amanda's student, one of three people who insist they alone started the fire. Amanda wants to solve the ...

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, anonymous owner. Desperate to learn who donated the books, Amanda's search leads her to deliberate brutality and its cold-blooded consequences. Gillian...

Examines race and nation in postcolonial, settler-colonial, and Indigenous film adaptation

Amanda's friend Sasha's stepmother has just committed suicide-although, according to Sasha, Phoebe Ennis would never have killed herself, especially not while having a drink and wearing a red silk blouse and red sandals with four-inch heels. Amanda isn't persuaded, but reluctantly agrees to help investigate the woman's demise, though the evidence for foul play is slim. True, the middle-aged compulsive collector of knickknacks wasn't universall...

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Have you ever thought about writing a mystery, but didn't know where to begin? In You Can Write a Mystery, Gillian Roberts guides you from developing your idea (or creating one) to completing your mystery. With exercises, examples and practical suggestions for handling each of "The Seven Cs" of novels-characters, conflict, causality, complications, change, crisis and closure-as well as for researching, editing and submitting your work, You ...

Have you ever thought about writing a mystery, but didn't know where to begin? In You Can Write a Mystery, Gillian Roberts guides you from developing your idea (or creating one) to completing your mystery. With exercises, examples and practical suggestions for handling each of "The Seven Cs" of novels-characters, conflict, causality, complications, change, crisis and closure-as well as for researching, editing and submitting your work, You Can...

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Das Opfer hat sie geschlagen und betrogen. Die Tatwaffe gehört ihr. Und sie war am Tatort ... Für die Polizei ist alles klar. Doch Amanda Pepper, Detektivin aus Leidenschaft, glaubt Lydia Teller, die beteuert, ihren Mann nicht umgebracht zu haben. Amanda entdeckt nicht nur sehr unerfreuliche Seiten des Opfers, sondern auch eine zweite, rechtmäßig angetraute Mrs. Teller. Als der Mörder merkt, daß Amanda ihm und seinem lukrativen Motiv auf der...

Amanda Pepper, Lehrerin und Detektivin aus Leidenschaft, hat allen Grund, sich um ihren Schüler Adam Sorgen zu machen. Er verhält sich immer merkwürdiger und kapselt sich ab. Als kurz darauf eine Frau ermordet wird und Adam spurlos verschwindet, wird er für die Polizei zum Hauptverdächtigen. Doch nicht für Amanda, die alles daran setzt, seine Unschuld zu beweisen - auch wenn sie dabei selbst in die Schusslinie eines skrupellosen Verbrechers ge...

Der Zeuge schwört Stein und Bein, Sasha zur fraglichen Zeit mit dem Opfer zusammen gesehen zu haben ... ... doch Sashas Alibi hat sich schnöde aus dem Staub gemacht. Schluß also mit den erholsamen Urlaubstagen für ihre beste Freundin Amanda Pepper - Lehrerin und Detektivin aus Leidenschaft. (Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine frühere Ausgabe.)