The Amanda Pepper Mysteries: Volume 4
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Books 10 through 12 in the award-winning Amanda Pepper mystery series are now available in one volume! This collection includes:
HELEN HATH NO FURY
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 declared a suicide but Amanda is convinced otherwise. Why is this admirable woman dead? And if she was killed¸ who performed the heinous act? Amanda's investigations will draw her into a zone of great danger¸ where Helen Coulter's ice-hearted killer is once more ready to strike. . . .
CLAIRE AND PRESENT DANGER
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 woman¸ none of it good¸ and much of it involving the violent deaths of the men in her life.
Enter Amanda Pepper who¸ after completing her day of teaching English at Philly Prep¸ now moonlights as a P.I. along with C.K. Mackenzie¸ former homicide detective¸ current graduate student at Penn. The two of them are hired by Mrs. Fairchild to find out who the charming but evasive Emmie Cade really is. At thirty-two¸ the young woman has changed her address and name more often than some women change nail polish-and deliberately or not¸ she's provided no clues or access to her past.
For Amanda¸ becoming C.K. Mackenzie's investigative partner is an exhilarating change from the politics and problems of the new school term¸ and a welcome distraction from the ordeal of meeting her own prospective in-laws. She's determined to prove herself an able investigator by ferreting out Emmie Cade's secrets¸ but almost immediately¸ instead of looking at events of the past¸ she's forced to deal with the here and now-including murder.
TILL THE END OF TOM
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 Tomas Severin's apparent fall and¸ indeed¸ why he was in the building in the first place. More questions arise when Amanda enters her otherwise empty classroom and finds a take-out cup of herbal tea laced with the party drug her students call roofies. Why would a middle-aged Philadelphian have a date-rape drug in his tea? Why does he have Amanda's name scribbled in his pocket notebook?
Hired by a member of the Severin family household¸ Amanda and her fiancé¸ C.K. Mackenzie¸ realize that many people felt their lives would improve if Tom's life ended--making it seemingly impossible to determine who'd been harassing Severin with threatening phone calls. Tom Severin leaves behind angry ex-wives¸ one recently dropped fiancée¸ and the current (about to be exed) Mrs. Tomas Severin. As secrets are unearthed¸ and cruelties old and new revealed¸ it's apparent that the end of Tom is just the beginning of the grief he caused.
Available in EPUB¸ Kindle and PDF formats.
Books 10 through 12 in the award-winning Amanda Pepper mystery series are now available in one volume! This collection includes:
HELEN HATH NO FURY
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 declared a suicide but Amanda is convinced otherwise. Why is this admirable woman dead? And if she was killed¸ who performed the heinous act? Amanda's investigations will draw her into a zone of great danger¸ where Helen Coulter's ice-hearted killer is once more ready to strike. . . .
CLAIRE AND PRESENT DANGER
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 woman¸ none of it good¸ and much of it involving the violent deaths of the men in her life.
Enter Amanda Pepper who¸ after completing her day of teaching English at Philly Prep¸ now moonlights as a P.I. along with C.K. Mackenzie¸ former homicide detective¸ current graduate student at Penn. The two of them are hired by Mrs. Fairchild to find out who the charming but evasive Emmie Cade really is. At thirty-two¸ the young woman has changed her address and name more often than some women change nail polish-and deliberately or not¸ she's provided no clues or access to her past.
For Amanda¸ becoming C.K. Mackenzie's investigative partner is an exhilarating change from the politics and problems of the new school term¸ and a welcome distraction from the ordeal of meeting her own prospective in-laws. She's determined to prove herself an able investigator by ferreting out Emmie Cade's secrets¸ but almost immediately¸ instead of looking at events of the past¸ she's forced to deal with the here and now-including murder.
TILL THE END OF TOM
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 Tomas Severin's apparent fall and¸ indeed¸ why he was in the building in the first place. More questions arise when Amanda enters her otherwise empty classroom and finds a take-out cup of herbal tea laced with the party drug her students call roofies. Why would a middle-aged Philadelphian have a date-rape drug in his tea? Why does he have Amanda's name scribbled in his pocket notebook?
Hired by a member of the Severin family household¸ Amanda and her fiancé¸ C.K. Mackenzie¸ realize that many people felt their lives would improve if Tom's life ended-making it seemingly impossible to determine who'd been harassing Severin with threatening phone calls. Tom Severin leaves behind angry ex-wives¸ one recently dropped fiancée¸ and the current (about to be exed) Mrs. Tomas Severin. As secrets are unearthed¸ and cruelties old and new revealed¸ it's apparent that the end of Tom is just the beginning of the grief he caused.
Available in EPUB¸ Kindle and PDF formats.