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 |
Ian Roper Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Kindness Can Kill |
1993 |
Buy |
| Motive for Murder |
1994 |
Buy |
| Ripe For Revenge |
1995 |
Buy |
| Dangerous Deceit |
1995 |
Buy |
| Finger of Fate |
1996 |
Buy |
| Sequence of Shame |
1996 |
Buy |
| An Absence of Angels |
1998 |
Buy |
| Exposure of Evil |
1998 |
Buy |
| Victims Of Violence |
1999 |
Buy |
| Baptised in Blood |
2001 |
Buy |
| Lessons In Logic |
2002 |
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 |
This author page combines works attributed to two writers in the database. Gillian Roberts is the pen name of Judith Greber, an American mystery author best known for the Amanda Pepper series — fourteen cozy mysteries set in Philadelphia following a schoolteacher who keeps stumbling into murder investigations. The first book, Caught Dead in Philadelphia (1987), won the Anthony Award for Best First Novel.
Roberts also wrote the Emma Howe & Billie August private investigator series and several standalone novels. Ian Roper is a separate British crime fiction author whose eleven-book series features its own cast of characters and settings.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Ian Rober written?
Ian Rober has written 11 books across 1 series.
What was Ian Rober's first book?
Ian Rober’s first book is Kindness Can Kill, published in 1993.
Who is Gillian Roberts?
Gillian Roberts is the pen name of American mystery author Judith Greber, best known for the Amanda Pepper mystery series set in Philadelphia, which won the Anthony Award for Best First Novel.