Caught Dead in Philadelphia

{{Short description|1987 book written by Gillian Roberts}}

{{Infobox book

| name = Caught Dead in Philadelphia

| image = Caught Dead in Philadelphia.jpg

| caption = First edition (h/b)

| author = Gillian Roberts

| genre = Mystery fiction, Thriller

| published = 1987

| publisher = Fawcett Publications (p/b)
Scribner (h/b)

| isbn = 978-0-345-35340-5

| alt = Caught Dead in Philadelphia

| pages = 208

| website = {{URL|http://www.gillianroberts.com/01amanda_caught.html|Caught Dead in Philadelphia}}

| awards = Anthony Award for Best First Novel (1988)

}}

Caught Dead in Philadelphia{{Cite web|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/275591.Caught_Dead_in_Philadelphia|title=Caught Dead in Philadelphia (Amanda Pepper, #1)|website=Goodreads|access-date=2017-03-07}} ({{ISBN|978-0-345-35340-5}}) is a book written by Gillian Roberts{{Cite web|url=https://www.buffalolib.org/vufind/Record/477574|title=Holdings: Caught dead in Philadelphia /|website=www.buffalolib.org|language=en|access-date=2017-03-07}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.gillianroberts.com/01amanda_caught.html|title=Caught Dead in Philadelphia|website=www.gillianroberts.com|access-date=2017-03-07}} and published by Scribner Press{{Cite news|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-684-18809-6|title=Fiction Book Review: Caught Dead in Philadelphia by Gillian Roberts|work=PublishersWeekly.com|access-date=2017-03-07|language=en}} - now owned by Simon & Schuster (originally by Fawcett Publications) - on 16 October 1987 which later went on to win the Anthony Award for Best First Novel in 1988.{{Cite news|url=http://www.bouchercon.com/anthony-awards/winners-and-nominees/1980s/|title=Winners and Nominees 1980s|date=2015-09-22|work=Bouchercon|access-date=2017-03-07|language=en}}