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The Mummer's Curse

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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?

With Amanda on the scene, the who in whodunit doesn't stay secret for long. In The Mummers' Curse, Gillian Roberts is, as always, at the head of the parade.


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Series: Amanda Pepper Mystery Publisher: Untreed Reads

Kindle Book

  • Release date: August 28, 2012

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781611874150
  • Release date: August 28, 2012

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781611874150
  • File size: 336 KB
  • Release date: August 28, 2012

Open EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781611874150
  • File size: 337 KB
  • Release date: August 28, 2012

Formats

Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook
Open EPUB ebook

Languages

English

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?

With Amanda on the scene, the who in whodunit doesn't stay secret for long. In The Mummers' Curse, Gillian Roberts is, as always, at the head of the parade.


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  • Details

    Publisher:
    Untreed Reads

    Kindle Book
    Release date: August 28, 2012

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781611874150
    Release date: August 28, 2012

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781611874150
    File size: 336 KB
    Release date: August 28, 2012

    Open EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781611874150
    File size: 337 KB
    Release date: August 28, 2012

  • Creators
  • Formats
    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
    Open EPUB ebook
  • Languages
    English