# Mrs. Gilmore — Continental Op Stories character guide

> Mrs. Gilmore in Continental Op Stories by Dashiell Hammett.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mrs. Gilmore, Gilmore

**First appearance:** 0057-women-politics-murder

## Who they are

The wife of Bernard Gilmore, involved in family secrets.

## In the story

### [Women, Politics & Murder](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/women-politics-murder)

Hysterical widow who suspects Cara Kenbrook of killing her husband Bernard Gilmore.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/iii)

Gilmore's wife; mentioned as having confronted Cara Kenbrook and as a possible suspect.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/iv)

Confesses to following her husband Bernie on the night of his murder and hearing the fatal shot.

### [Chapter VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/vi)

Mentioned as the hysterical wife of the dead man, also near the crime scene.

### [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/viii)

Mentioned as a witness who heard the shot and saw nobody until reaching Pine Street.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/ii)

Referred to as Mrs. Banbrock in the text; provides descriptions and lists of the missing girls.

### [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/iii)

Mentioned indirectly as part of the investigation context; not directly present in this chapter.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/iv)

Mrs. Banbrock; interviewed about Irma Correll's suicide and her stepdaughters' disappearance; admits to jealousy over Irma's past with her husband.

### [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/ii)

Referred to as Mrs. Lange; the woman who stabbed her husband Molloy and helped fabricate the alibi.

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