Gillian Roberts

English teacher and part-time sleuth Amanda Pepper is enjoying Philadelphia’s famous Mummers’ Parade - reveling in costumes that rival Mardi Gras....

While teaching summer school at exclusive Philly Prep, English teacher Amanda Pepper feels a sense of foreboding....

Amanda Pepper, an English teacher at school for Philadelphia's filthy rich, is determined to teach the kids a lesson about the true spirit of Christmas....

For English teacher Amanda Pepper, the champagne gala on behalf of Philly Prep's library is her introduction to the ultrarich Main Line society....

No matter the season, the Philadelphia private school where Amanda Pepper teaches English is never a center of tranquility....

Well-known Broadway playwright and TV producer Lyle Zacharias is throwing himself a lavish birthday party in his hometown of Philadelphia....

Amanda is sorting books for a school fundraiser, when she comes across a book for battered women that contains a special and frightening message....

Barring the usual teenage pranks, all seems peaceful at Philly Prep, the private school in Philadelphia where Amanda Pepper teaches English....

When the beautiful Liza Nichols knocks on Amanda Pepper’s front door early one Monday morning, she throws the schoolteacher’s comfortable routine wildly awry. When Amanda arrives home from school later that day, she discovers Liza’s lifeless body slumped on the floor.

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....

After a tough year of teaching at Philly Prep, Amanda Pepper decides to go to Atlantic City with her friend Sasha Berg. Yet a beach vacation turns deadly when a bludgeoned corpse shows up in their hotel room....

Gillian Roberts’ witty, literate Amanda Pepper mysteries are irresistible. Following the adventures of Philadelphia’s finest English teacher/detective, the books crackle with humor and suspense....