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Author
Series
Amanda Pepper mysteries volume 10
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Amanda Pepper is not the usual gumshoe; she teaches English in one of Philadelphia's most exclusive schools. In a world of old families and solid wealth, Amanda's cases test her wit, wisdom, and social graces. During a lively discussion of The Awakening at Amanda's book club meeting, a member, Helen Coulter, vigorously denounces the main character's suicide as cowardly. When Helen tragically falls from the roof of her house the very next day, Amanda...
Author
Series
Amanda Pepper mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[1987]
Language
English
Description
The debut of Philly Prep English teacher and accidental sleuth, Amanda Pepper, (and of C.K. Mackenzie, homicide detective) won the World Mystery Convention's "Anthony" for best first mystery. When the body of a colleague is found dead in Amanda's living room, she has to clear herself of suspicion-and make sure she isn't the next victim as well. And all she's got as a clue to the real killer's identity is a locket shaped like Winnie-the-Pooh.
Author
Series
Amanda Pepper mysteries volume 11
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Worried about the background of Emmie Cade, her son's enigmatic young fiancée, Claire Fairchild hires amateur sleuth Amanda Pepper to investigate some mysterious anonymous letters that hint at scandal--and worse--in Emmie's past.
Author
Series
Amanda Pepper mysteries volume 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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."--BOOK JACKET. "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 ultrarich society - an evening so extravagant that nothing can tarnish the party .. not even...
Author
Series
Amanda Pepper mysteries volume 9
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Philly Prep English teacher Amanda Pepper fears for her bright senior student Adam Evans. Increasingly erratic, unkempt, and isolated, Adam is an accident waiting to happen. So when a young woman is murdered at the landmark Free Library while Amanda and her class are touring the premises, Adam--now mysteriously missing--becomes the prime suspect.
Author
Publisher
Dial Press
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
"Mary and O'Neil frequently marveled at how, of all the lives they might have led, they had somehow found this one together. When they met at the Philadelphia high school where they'd come to teach, each had suffered a profound loss that had not healed. How likely was it that they could learn to trust, much less love, again? From the formative experiences of their early adulthood to marriage, parenthood, and beyond, each chapter illuminates the moments...
Author
Publisher
Atticus Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
In American pop culture, the handsome college professor is easy to spot. He's endearingly neurotic, his unfinished novel usually stuffs an expensive mahogany desk, and female students sigh in his wake. And even if it's not explicitly explained to us, the handsome college professor always has one other thing: tenure. But the further one moves down the academic totem pole, professors start to look very different. On the very bottom, lies a less dashing,...
Author
Series
Mrs. Millie volume 2
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Children
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Students enjoy their teacher's silly misuse of words during a class field trip to Philadelphia.
Author
Series
Amanda Pepper mysteries volume 7
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
Philidelphia schoolteacher Amanda Pepper is drawn into a murder investigation after she witnesses the murder of a New Year's mummer, and a friend, who happens to be the prime suspect, uses her for an alibi.
Author
Series
Publisher
Y W A M Pub
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Ben thought about the strange course of events that had led him to this point in his life. He had considered being a lawyer but had ended up becoming a doctor, and now he was also a politician and member of the Continental Congress. Ben had never thought of working with the army. But for now, that was what he was doing. He wondered if he too might be called to die for the new country they were trying to forge.
Filled with intelligence and devotion,...
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