murder on the blackboard

by Toney Lakin 10 min read

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Edna May Oliver Hildegarde Withers
James Gleason Inspector Oscar Piper
Bruce Cabot Addison 'Ad' Stevens
Gertrude Michael Jane Davis
Regis Toomey Detective Smiley North
Jul 30 2021

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A popular cozy mystery series, The Hildegarde Withers Mysteries, by Stuart Palmer, includes Murder on the Blackboard, set in New York City in the 1930s, at a time when teaching positions were often given to unmarried women because "they needed the work”, and a time when, generally speaking, teachers were much more prim and proper than today.

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