"DELIGHTFUL...COLORFUL...Roberts plunks her mystery amid the glitter and grime of casino life."--L.A. Daily NewsAfter a tough year of teaching at Philly Prep, Amanda Pepper decides to go to Atlantic City with her friend, Sasha Berg. Yet a beach vacation turns deadly when a bludgeoned corpse shows up in their hotel room--and Sasha is the prime suspect.So Amanda hits the boardwalk to track down the real killer, chasing down clues around the surf and in the casinos, and discovering along the way that appearances are more than deceiving: they can be criminal and, sometimes, downright murderous...."Roberts combines appealing characters, a good puzzle and some serious messages in an entertaining whole."--Publishers Weekly"The Dorothy Parker of mystery writers."--Nancy Pickard"Gillian Roberts is a mystery reader's dream come true."--Lia Matera