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For English teacher Amanda Pepper, the champagne gala on behalf of Philly Prep's library is her introduction to the ultrarich Main Line society--an evening so extravagant that nothing can tarnish the party . . . not even a group of protesters outside burning the host in effigy. The Moral Ecologists, who vehemently claim that "reading pollutes the mind," will do anything to advance their agenda. And--when her affluent new acquaintances, Neddy and Tea Roederer, prove ... >Voir plus
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Un autre des excellents romans policiers de Gillian Roberts. Son principal personnage, Amanda Pepper, est enseignante, mais elle se trouve encore une fois mêlée à une histoire de meurtre... se qui l'oblige à enquêter, bien sûr.
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This infinite winter was becoming the stuff of seasonal legend. This is the sort of thing that makes us loathe Floridians and Californians--anyone who hasn't recently slammed his coccyx on the ice, or remortgaged his house to pay the heating bill, or ripped his hands putting chains on his car.
For the rest of the ride, I listened. And prayed, silently, for a visit from the goddess of inspired responses to impossible situations. There just had to be one in the pantheon. Or at least on the Internet. Maybe it was that Dot Com who was evoked in every online address. So I prayed to her.
Griffin nodded. He often had a gleam in his eye that made me suspect a private but rich vein of humor. Maybe someday he'd want to share it.
I could understand why she got excited about the idea of hiring a detective. My mother's life lacks event. She collects gossip from relatives and friends but it doesn't fulfill her daily drama requirements.
Loren Ulrich set his jaw and pursed his mouth with resentment. I had known too many others who, like him, suffered from Chronic Fatigue of the Heart and Will.
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Gillian Roberts talks about the end of her character Amanda Pepper.
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