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Summary: The best yet!
Review: I've always loved the Amanda Pepper mysteries. The characters are very real and they make you laugh! This mystery is centered around Amanda's book club. They are a very strange mix and when one of them allegedly commits suicide the mystery begins. The characters are very well drawn in this story, and it is very difficult to figure out whodunnit. Best of all, we learn C.K. MacKenzie's real name! Read it, you'll fly through it!
Rating:
Summary: The best yet!
Review: I've always loved the Amanda Pepper mysteries. The characters are very real and they make you laugh! This mystery is centered around Amanda's book club. They are a very strange mix and when one of them allegedly commits suicide the mystery begins. The characters are very well drawn in this story, and it is very difficult to figure out whodunnit. Best of all, we learn C.K. MacKenzie's real name! Read it, you'll fly through it!
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Summary: Book Group Murder
Review: The tenth in Gillian Roberts' witty, Anthony-award winning series featuring Philadelphia teacher Amanda Pepper, "Helen Hath No Fury" finds Pepper investigating the supposed suicide of a member of her book discussion group and fuming, somewhat irrationally, over her lover, C.K. MacKenzie's, anti-marriage views. Though she doesn't socialize with the group members, Amanda is surprised to realize how much they've revealed of themselves discussing books. Helen, the deceased, for instance, has voiced strong views against suicide. Others are fussy, dictatorial, hypocritical or self-absorbed. What she's not prepared for are the secrets which surface, exposed mostly by people eager to deflect her from their own concerns. Extra-marital affairs, financial schemes, grudges; the whole group seems to have motives in plenty. Meanwhile C.K. is suspiciously supportive. Cleverly written, classically plotted, Pepper's latest lively adventure culminates in a confrontation both scary and comical. Roberts ("Caught Dead in Philadelphia," "How I Spent My Summer Vacation") pseudonym of mainstream novelist Judith Greber, has a lot of fun writing the Pepper books and this one hold hints of a sea change in Amanda's future.
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Summary: Ho hum
Review: This latest Amanda Pepper mystery lacks the punch of the earlier books in this series. I was able to figure out whodunit mid-way through the book, which was disappointing to me (the best books keep me guessing right to the last page). The best part of HELEN HATH NO FURY was the last chapter, where we finally learn C.K.'s real name, Amanda and C.K. make a decision about their relationship, and we learn something surprising about Helga the Office Witch. Perhaps Roberts has lost interest in these characters. If there are further books in this series, I'll wait for them in paperback.
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Summary: Whodunit?
Review: Whodunit? Gillian Roberts' done it with the newest in the Amanda Pepper series! She has crafted a cast of characters that I would like to discover in future books(those who live through this one, that is). However, I did miss Sasha and wonder if she made it to London. This book is a must for anyone having read the series as it answers two questions which have been looming over Amanda in recent stories. And the answers are not what this reader anticipated after reading "Adam and Evil". Ms. Roberts' writing reflects a level of contemplation and a discovery of wisdom in Amanda that began in the last book. It keeps the reader attentive to each paragraph as Amanda reflects on life, its meaning, and our place in it. This makes the series more enjoyable as it causes the reader to reflect on the same issues in his/her life. This reader enjoys the mystery but also appreciates the philosophical side of the book. Thank you Ms. Roberts!
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