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  • The Penguin Pool Murder

    by Stuart Palmer ...
    Series Book 1 - The Hildegarde Withers Mysteries
    On a trip to the New York Aquarium with her third-grade class, a teacher discovers a dead body: "One of the world's shrewdest and most amusing detectives" ( The New York Times).For the third graders at Jefferson School, a field trip is always a treat. But one day at the New York Aquarium, they get much more excitement than they bargained for. A pickpocket sprints past, stolen purse in hand, and ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

  • The Penguin Pool Murder. Hildegarde Withers Mysteries. Illustrated

    by Stuart Palmer ...
    The Penguin Pool Murder by Stuart Palmer is the first novel in the popular Hildegarde Withers Mysteries. First published in 1931, the story introduces readers to the unforgettable amateur detective Hildegarde Withers, a sharp-witted and unconventional schoolteacher who unexpectedly becomes involved in solving a mysterious crime. The story begins when Miss Withers takes her class on a school trip ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD

  • The Classic Collection of Stuart Palmer. Hildegarde Withers Mysteries (15 Novels and Stories). Illustrated

    The Penguin Pool Murder, Murder on Wheels, Murder on the Blackboard, Miss Withers Regrets and others

    by Stuart Palmer ...
    Step into the captivating world of Hildegarde Withers, the sharp-witted schoolteacher-turned-detective, in this definitive collection of Stuart Palmer’s beloved mysteries. Featuring 15 novels and stories, this volume brings together some of the most thrilling cases of the ever-curious and relentlessly clever Miss Withers, whose keen intellect often outshines the police in solving the most ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD

  • Murder on Wheels

    by Stuart Palmer ...
    Series Book 2 - The Hildegarde Withers Mysteries
    The savvy Miss Withers investigates a mysterious hanging-while-driving in this delightful addition to a classic cozy mystery series.As snow falls on the steps of the New York Public Library, a line of cars moves sluggishly down Fifth Avenue. Oblivious to the traffic, a blue Chrysler roadster tears down the street, hops the curb, and slams to a halt. The car is empty, its driver thrown half a block ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

  • Hildegarde Withers Makes the Scene

    by Stuart Palmer, Fletcher Flora ...
    Series Book 14 - The Hildegarde Withers Mysteries
    The spinster sleuth is out to rescue a young woman whose hippie adventure turns deadly in this classic mystery from the author of The Penguin Pool Murder.During a six-week college break, Lenore Gregory does what all the young girls are doing in the winter of 1969: She heads to Greenwich Village to protest the Vietnam War, painting flowers on her Volkswagen. And just as she's starting to fit in, ... Read more

    $9.89 CAD

  • Murder on the Blackboard

    by Stuart Palmer ...
    Series Book 3 - The Hildegarde Withers Mysteries
    Schoolteacher sleuth Miss Withers finds a dead body during detention in this mystery starring "one of the world's shrewdest and most amusing detectives" ( The New York Times).Anise Halloran is young to be teaching school, and much too pretty, but third-grade teacher Hildegarde Withers is not the sort to condemn a coworker just because she wears high heels. When she overhears nine-year-old Buster ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD

  • Rook Takes Knight

    by Stuart Palmer ...
    Series Book 2 - The Howie Rook Mysteries
    A violent man is killed in a hit and run, and his wife is accused of the crimeIn the inky Los Angeles twilight, a man takes his dog for a walk. They are crossing the street when a station wagon comes charging around the curb, crashing into man and beast. Both are killed. The dog might have been innocent, but the man had it coming.It only takes a day for the district attorney to accuse the dead man ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD

  • Nipped in the Bud

    by Stuart Palmer ...
    Series Book 12 - The Hildegarde Withers Mysteries
    A comedian is dead, a witness is missing, and it's up to Miss Withers—"one of the world's shrewdest and most amusing detectives"—to solve the crime ( The New York Times).In comedy, timing is everything. If Tony Fagan were a better comic, perhaps he would've known when to keep his mouth shut. After weeks of jokes at the expense of businessman Winston H. "Junior" Gault, the sponsor of Fagan's ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD

  • Miss Withers Regrets

    by Stuart Palmer ...
    Series Book 9 - The Hildegarde Withers Mysteries
    There are lessons to be learned for retired teacher Hildegarde Withers when a society murder reveals a love triangle gone bad.The war in Europe is over, and America's fighting men are coming home. Lieutenant Pat Montague spent the war dreaming of a return to his beloved: society princess Helen Abbott. But when Uncle Sam finally lets him go, Pat finds that Helen has become Mrs. Huntley Cairns, and ... Read more

    $9.89 CAD

  • The Green Ace

    by Stuart Palmer ...
    Series Book 11 - The Hildegarde Withers Mysteries
    "One of the world's shrewdest and most amusing detectives" has nine days to save an innocent man from death row ( The New York Times).On a steamy day on Staten Island, a speeding car tears past a couple of beat cops and smashes into a delivery truck. In the front seat is Andy Rowan, pale and unconscious. In the back is a blonde—beautiful, naked, and dead.She was an aspiring Miss America, minted in ... Read more

    $9.89 CAD

  • Four Lost Ladies

    by Stuart Palmer ...
    Series Book 10 - The Hildegarde Withers Mysteries
    A librarian who just came into money dies in a New York hotel room, and justice is overdue: "Full of fun and delightful people. A really terrific plot" ( Chicago Daily News).With a seven-hundred-dollar inheritance in her pocket, small town librarian Harriet Bascom went to the track. By the time she left she had thousands—enough to live life the way she had always wanted: with champagne, music, and ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

  • The Riddles of Hildegarde Withers

    Stories

    by Stuart Palmer ...
    Series series The Hildegarde Withers Mysteries
    A sharp-witted Manhattan schoolteacher tackles eight little mysteries in this collection from the author of The Puzzle of the Happy Holligan.When not teaching third graders, middle-aged singleton Hildegard Withers enjoys sipping orange pekoe tea, reading Sherlock Holmes stories, and tending to her tropical fish. And from time to time, she also helps her friend, Insp. Oscar Piper, with some ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD