{"product_id":"9781480418837","title":"The Puzzle of the Pepper Tree","description":"\u003cb\u003eOn vacation in California, the spinster sleuth stumbles onto the case of a man murdered in mid-air—“[Withers is] still one of the best” (Anthony Boucher).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Because of the fog, the man in the brown suit arrives five minutes late for the ferry to Catalina Island. If he wishes to reach his destination today, his only option is the \u003ci\u003eDragonfly\u003c\/i\u003e, a twelve-seat prop plane that makes up in speed what it lacks in comfort. The ride is bumpy, and all of the passengers—including a honeymooning couple, a film producer, and a would-be adventuress—find themselves feeling queasy. But none react as badly as the man in the brown suit, who sweats, shakes, and screams, “I’m dying! I don’t want to die!”—and by the time they reach Catalina, he already has. Vacationing schoolmarm Hildegarde Withers notices the corpse when they’re taking it off the plane. An amateur sleuth with a nose for murder, it doesn’t take her long to deduce foul play. But which of the passengers was dastardly enough to commit murder in mid-air? \u003ci\u003eThe Puzzle of the Pepper Tree\u003c\/i\u003e is part of the Hildegarde Withers Mysteries series, which also includes \u003ci\u003eThe Penguin Pool Murder \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMurder on the Blackboard\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"MysteriousPress.com\/Open Road","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47129939149040,"sku":"9781480418837","price":9.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781480418837_p0.jpg?v=1763619222","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781480418837","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}