I'd Rather Be in Philadelphia

by Gillian Roberts

Amanda Pepper (3)

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Book three in the Anthony Award-winning mystery series featuring Amanda Pepper, the resourceful English teacher at Philly Prep. Available for the first time in ebook format!

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 show more Roberts is "the Dorothy Parker of mystery writers, laughing when—especially when—it hurts, and giving more wit per page than most writers give per book." - Nancy Pickard

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Denaker, Susan (Narrator)
Diamond, Donna (Cover artist)
Greber, Robert (Author photo)
Jay, Debby (Designer)
Morrissey, Georgia (Cover designer)

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Common Knowledge

People/Characters
Amanda Pepper
Important places
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Pennsylvania, USA
Dedication
This book is dedicated to the woman who wrote
in the library book.
I hope you have found safety, peace, and joy.
I wish I could have found you.
First words
T.S. ELIOT said April was the cruelest month, which proves he never experienced February in Philadelphia.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Now that's what I call really exciting.

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Fiction and Literature, Mystery
DDC/MDS
813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
LCC
PS3557 .R356 .I3Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-
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