The Bluest Blood [Audiobook] [Audio Cassette]

Gillian Roberts (Author), Christina Moore (Narrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1998

6 Audiocassettes. Narrated by Christina Moore. Unabridged.

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Recorded Books Productions; Unabridged edition (1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0788725181
• ISBN-13: 978-0788725180
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,865,804 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good, up to a point, March 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Bluest Blood (Amanda Pepper Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

I am a big fan of this series, but this one really ended flatly and was unsatisfying on the whole. Without giving away the ending it is only possible to say that Ms. Roberts was not at her best when she wrote the "woman in jeopardy" finale. It just didn't make any sense at all. The overall sense of dissatisfaction arises out of the protaginist not growing as the series continues. While the relationship between Amanda and her policeman boyfriend does move along, Amanda herself seems stuck in Book 1. It's time for Amanda to find a new job so the author can expand the character and the series.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Witty and funny and fast-paced!, February 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Bluest Blood (Amanda Pepper Mysteries) (Hardcover)

This book was a delight. The writer can really write--I loved the phrases and language--as well as keep up the pace of a good strong plot. Also the author knows how to set a scene! I'm going to backtrack and read the rest in the series.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Censorship Leads To Murder., April 19, 2005

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Betty Burks "Betty Burks" (Knoxville, TN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bluest Blood (Amanda Pepper Mysteries) (Hardcover)

Clothes may made the man, but they remake the woman. Amanda had rented a bronze silk evening dress from A-list discards place to go to see how the bigwigs entertain in Old Philadelphia, known as the City of Brotherly Love. Her beau Mackenzie matched her in his rented tuxedo.

They pandered back and forth with a bit of naughty gossip about old Benjamin Franklin. Mark Twain is reputed to have remarked that "in Boston they asked how much a man knew." In New York, it was more important how much he was worth. In Philadelphia, the thing which mattered the most is "who were his parents?" Mr, Roederer's middle name was Franklin, which turned the blood in his veins 'cobalt blue.'

Amanda had led the faculty in gaining support for the grant to obtain materials for the media center. They had received a windfall from a Trust to replenish the shelves of the library. Two of her students, adopted son Griffin of the Roederers and the preacher's stepson, Jake, were best friends.

Griffin's parents were wealthy with pedigrees a mile long and prestige to match their money. They oppose the Moral Ecologists over what books might 'pollute young minds' led by the Reverend who is involking the First Amendment. After the book burning , there is a murder, but not one of the 'blue bloods.'

The beautiful cover has an illustration by Lisa Falkerstern of two classy ladies and one of the two men looks like the movie actor, Robert Taylor.