The Bluest Blood: An Amanda Pepper Mystery - Hardcover

Roberts, Gillian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0345403266 ISBN 13: 9780345403261

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 1998

Synopsis

When English teacher and amateur sleuth Amanda Pepper attends an extravagant gala in honor of the local prep school's library and hosted by some of Philadelphia's ultrarich socialites, murder is on the menu.

About this title

About the Author:

Gillian Roberts is the nom de mystère of mainstream novelist Judith Greber. Winner of the Anthony Award for Best First Mystery for Caught Dead in Philadelphia, she is also the author of Philly Stakes, I'd Rather Be in Philadelphia, With Friends Like These . . . , How I Spent My Summer Vacation, In the Dead of Summer, and The Mummers' Curse. Formerly an English teacher in Philadelphia, Gillian Roberts now lives in California.

From the Inside Flap:

a Pepper mysteries, Gillian Roberts evokes the City of Brotherly Love in all its charm, mischief, and menace. Now she turns her wickedly perceptive eye to the residents of Philadelphia's posh Main Line district, the legendary land of the rich and well-to-do, where the wealthy live their very private lives--and occasionally commit very scandalous crimes.

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--and glamorous newcomers Neddy and Tea Roederer have wealth aplenty.

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 ultra-rich society--an evening so extravagant that nothing can tarnish the party . . . not even a group of protesters outside burning the host in effigy.

But Amanda senses deeper trouble, and her intuition is ri

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0345403266
• ISBN 13: 9780345403261
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 230