Murder on the Blackboard was published in 1932, the third in the Hildegarde Withers series of mysteries.
This one takes place in Miss Withers's school, where a young fellow teacher is found murdered, and Hildegarde Withers is a witness of sorts.
As is usual in this series, Hildegarde gets involved in investigating the crime, much to the (sometimes) annoyance of her friend, Oscar Piper, a police captain who is in charge of the official investigation.
I enjoyed this, even though it is a little dated, which is only to be expected. Having done some substitute teaching, I appreciate her understanding of how her students' minds work. I particularly enjoyed how she demonstrated to the police how to disperse the crowd of students who were gathering around to watch the police at work.
This fulfills a requirement in the Vintage Mystery Reading Challenge 2013 # 25--Dynamic Duo
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