Amanda Pepper Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Caught Dead in Philadelphia |
1987 |
Buy |
| Philly Stakes |
1989 |
Buy |
| I’d Rather Be in Philadelphia |
1992 |
Buy |
| With Friends Like These… |
1993 |
Buy |
| How I Spent My Summer Vacation |
1994 |
Buy |
| In the Dead of Summer |
1995 |
Buy |
| The Mummers’ Curse |
1996 |
Buy |
| The Bluest Blood |
1998 |
Buy |
| Adam and Evil |
1998 |
Buy |
| Helen Hath No Fury |
2000 |
Buy |
| Claire and Present Danger |
2003 |
Buy |
| Till the End of Tom |
2004 |
Buy |
| A Hole in Juan |
2006 |
Buy |
| All’s Well That Ends |
2007 |
Buy |
Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Women of Mystery II |
1994 |
Buy |
| Once Upon a Crime |
1998 |
Buy |
| Mom, Apple Pie and Murder |
1999 |
Buy |
Emma Howe & Billie August Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Time and Trouble |
1998 |
Buy |
| Whatever Doesn’t Kill You |
2001 |
Buy |
Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| You Can Write a Mystery |
1999 |
Buy |
| From Cairo to Coffee: A True Story of Betrayal, and Misplaced Trust |
2010 |
Buy |
| Prizing Literature: The Celebration and Circulation of National Culture |
2011 |
Buy |
| Discrepant Parallels: Cultural Implications of the Canada-US Border |
2015 |
Buy |
Short Stories/Novellas#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Old Wives’ Tale |
2007 |
N/A |
Short Story Collections#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Where’s the Harm? |
1999 |
Buy |
| Murder, She Did |
2014 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Easy Answers |
1982 |
Buy |
| The Silent Partner |
1985 |
Buy |
| Mendocino |
1988 |
Buy |
| As Good As It Gets |
1992 |
Buy |
Gillian Roberts is the pen name of Judith Greber, an American mystery writer. Her best-known work is the Amanda Pepper series, which follows a Philadelphia schoolteacher with a talent for finding trouble. Caught Dead in Philadelphia (1987) won the Anthony Award for Best First Mystery and launched a fourteen-book run that ended with All’s Well That Ends in 2007.
She also wrote the Emma Howe and Billie August private detective series, several standalone novels, and non-fiction including You Can Write a Mystery (1999). Her mystery short stories appeared in numerous anthologies.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Gillian Roberts written?
Gillian Roberts has written 30 books across seven series.
What was Gillian Roberts's first book?
Gillian Roberts’s first book is Easy Answers, published in 1982.
What is the Amanda Pepper series about?
The Amanda Pepper series follows a Philadelphia high school English teacher who keeps stumbling into murder cases. It runs fourteen books from Caught Dead in Philadelphia (1987) to All’s Well That Ends (2007), and won the Anthony Award for Best First Mystery.