How I Spent My Summer Vacation
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ISBN: 0345385950 / Publisher: Ballantine Books, August 1994
English teacher and amateur sleuth Amanda Pepper leaves Philadelphia for a fun-filled break in Atlantic City, only to become caught up in a perilous quest to keep a friend out of jail and find the killer who belongs there
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She may be a mild-mannered Philadelphia schoolteacher, but when there's murder in the air, Amanda Pepper always manages to teach the police a neat new trick or two. This time America's hot vacation spot, Atlantic City, is the scene of the cold-blooded crime.After a tough year of teaching at Philly Prep, Amanda Pepper craves a relaxing beach vacation. As luck would have it, her carefree photographer friend, Sasha Berg, has a seaside shoot in Atlantic City - and a hotel room for Amanda to use as a crash pad. Yet the free lodging becomes a murder scene when Sasha finds a stranger bludgeoned to death in her bed. The man was Jesse Reese, a beloved financier who advised the elderly on investment deals - and someone Sasha had never met.But a witness claims he saw Sasha with the victim - and her only alibi has vanished into thin air. So when the police threaten to arrest Sasha, Amanda flies into action, hoping to save her friend and track down a Sasha look-alike. But whether man or woman, friend or foe, she hasn't a clue. Gathering her wits, Amanda hits the boardwalk and chases down clues around the surf and under the casinos, discovering along the way that appearances are more than deceiving: they can be criminal - and, sometimes, downright murderous...
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