The Mummer's Curse - Roberts, Gillian
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In her new novel starring Philadelphia schoolteacher Amanda Pepper, Gillian Roberts once again mixes mystery and mirth. This time Roberts explores Philadelphia's unique flesh and blood "historical monument"- the Mummers, who live (and perhaps are willing to die) for a few hours of glory every New Year's Day. The famous Mummers' Parade is an extravaganza that draws enormous crowds who cheer through chattering teeth, as more than thirty thousand clowns, string bands, and fancy brigades strut their stuff up Broad Street. But this year, while the music blares and the Mummers dance, a reveling…mehr

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In her new novel starring Philadelphia schoolteacher Amanda Pepper, Gillian Roberts once again mixes mystery and mirth. This time Roberts explores Philadelphia's unique flesh and blood "historical monument"- the Mummers, who live (and perhaps are willing to die) for a few hours of glory every New Year's Day. The famous Mummers' Parade is an extravaganza that draws enormous crowds who cheer through chattering teeth, as more than thirty thousand clowns, string bands, and fancy brigades strut their stuff up Broad Street. But this year, while the music blares and the Mummers dance, a reveling Pierrot suddenly sinks to the ground, shot dead. Amanda is, at first, only a horrified spectator. But when the prime suspect-her friend and fellow teacher at Philly Prep-falsely claims to have been with her at the time of the murder, Amanda can no longer stay on the sidelines. Is the murder a flare-up of deadly rivalries? Is it connected with the disappearance, the week before Christmas, of another Mummer, the heir to a meat-packing family? Does someone disapprove of the Mummers' feathers, sequins, and string bands? And why is no one in the tight-knit world Amanda investigates willing to tell the truth about anything?
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Gillian Roberts is the nom de mystère taken by Judith Greber, a former high school English teacher who has taught writing for College of Marin, Book Passage, Writer's Digest and the University of San Francisco Master's in Writing program. Under her own name, she's written four mainstream novels: Easy Answers, The Silent Partner, Mendocino, and As Good As It Gets. As Gillian Roberts, she's written over a dozen anthologized short stories and a mystery series featuring a Philadelphia high school English teacher named Amanda Pepper. Caught Dead in Philadelphia won the World Mystery Convention's "Anthony" for Best First Mystery of 1987. Following in the series are: Philly Stakes, I'd Rather Be in Philadelphia, With Friends Like These..., How I Spent My Summer Vacation, In the Dead of Summer, The Mummers' Curse, The Bluest Blood, Adam and Evil, Helen Hath No Fury, Claire and Present Danger, Till the End of Tom, A Hole in Juan and All's Well that Ends. All have been Mystery Guild selections and translated into Japanese, German and Danish and are available in audio versions as well. Native Philadelphians, Judith and Robert Greber live in the San Francisco Bay Area. They are the parents of two adult sons.