Where's the Harm?

Best known for her series of mysteries featuring Philadelphia teacher Amanda Pepper, Gillian Roberts is also a brilliant short story writer. Goodbye Sue Ellen is a light-hearted tale of murder and mayhem in a chewing gum empire. With the difficulty of getting a cat to do anything but what it wants, a murderous plot using a feline as the weapon is probed in The Shrine of Eleanor, In Love is a Many Splintered Thing, a too-devoted husband is actually the partner from hell. For the title story, Ms. Roberts goes to the personal ads. Fans of Amanda Pepper -- and Gillian Roberts -- are in for a treat.