Hildegarde Withers

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The Penguin Pool Murder Summary

Although the Stock Market had crashed recently, it was too early for most people to predict that the Great Depression was about to get underway. For 39-year-old spinster schoolteacher Hildegarde Withers, it’s business as usual. And part of her usual business is taking her class for an outing to the aquarium to see the penguins. Instead, she spots the floating corpse of Wall Street broker Gerald Lester and quickly realizes that Inspector Oscar Piper of NYPD Homicide isn’t up to solving this tricky case, especially when he appears ready to accept he confession of an obviously innocent young man. Red herrings, not penguins, abound.

Miss Withers has a number of questions that need answers before she’s willing to reel in the real murderer: Who did Lester’s wife meet behind the stairs? What did the pickpocket see? Who was the man in the fedora? And just how did Miss Withers’ hatpin turn into a lethal weapon?

First published in 1931, The Penguin Pool Murder was as big a hit with book lovers as it was with moviegoers when it was filmed the following year starring Edna May Oliver as Miss Withers and James Gleason as Inspector Piper.

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The Penguin Pool Murder

The Penguin Pool Murder

Hildegarde Withers, Book 1

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Murder on Wheels

Murder on Wheels

Hildegarde Withers, Book 2

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Murder on the Blackboard

Murder on the Blackboard

Hildegarde Withers, Book 3

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The Puzzle of the Pepper Tree

The Puzzle of the Pepper Tree

Hildegarde Withers, Book 4

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The Puzzle of the Silver Persian

The Puzzle of the Silver Persian

Hildegarde Withers, Book 5

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The Puzzle of the Red Stallion

The Puzzle of the Red Stallion

Hildegarde Withers, Book 6

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The Puzzle of the Blue Banderilla

The Puzzle of the Blue Banderilla

Hildegarde Withers, Book 7

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The Puzzle of the Happy Hooligan

The Puzzle of the Happy Hooligan

Hildegarde Withers, Book 8

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Miss Withers Regrets

Miss Withers Regrets

Hildegarde Withers, Book 9

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Four Lost Ladies

Four Lost Ladies

Hildegarde Withers, Book 10

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The Green Ace

The Green Ace

Hildegarde Withers, Book 11

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Nipped in the Bud

Nipped in the Bud

Hildegarde Withers, Book 12

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Cold Poison

Cold Poison

Hildegarde Withers, Book 13

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