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Detective Murdoch Series

8 primary works • 11 total works
William Murdoch is a Toronto police detective. The series is set in the late 19th century.

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Shipwreck
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3.48 · 233 Ratings · 40 Reviews · published 2010 · 5 editions
In 1873, a storm wrecks a ship on the rocks near a…

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    Book 1

    Except the Dying
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    3.68     · 3816 Ratings · 507 Reviews · published 1997 · 30 editions
    In the cold Toronto winter of 1895, the unclad bod…

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    Book 2

    Under the Dragon's Tail
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    3.83     · 1852 Ratings · 167 Reviews · published 1998 · 22 editions
    Women rich and poor come to her, desperate and in …

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    Book 3

    Poor Tom Is Cold
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    3.83     · 1465 Ratings · 135 Reviews · published 2001 · 23 editions
    A woman's evil stepchildren plot to lock her away …

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    Book 4

    Let Loose the Dogs
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    3.90     · 1057 Ratings · 83 Reviews · published 2003 · 22 editions
    Book by Maureen Jennings

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    Book 5

    Night's Child
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    3.93     · 1027 Ratings · 103 Reviews · published 2005 · 21 editions
    After thirteen-year-old Agnes Fisher faints at sch…

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    Book 6

    Vices of My Blood
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    3.99     · 797 Ratings · 73 Reviews · published 2006 · 19 editions
    The compelling new novel by Canada’s answer to Ann…

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    Book 7

    A Journeyman to Grief
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    4.07     · 750 Ratings · 64 Reviews · published 2007 · 15 editions
    The abduction of a young woman in 1858 ends in Tor…

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    Book 8

    Let Darkness Bury the Dead
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    3.84     · 512 Ratings · 80 Reviews · published 2017 · 4 editions
    Canada's premier author of historical mystery fict…

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    Book 1-7

    The Complete Murdoch Mysteries Collection: Except the Dying / Under the Dragon's Tail / Poor Tom Is Cold / Let Loose the Dogs / Night's Child / Vices of My Blood / Journeyman to Grief
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    4.33     · 122 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 2013 · 3 editions
    The books that inspired the wildly popular TV seri…

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    Maureen Jenning Murdoch Mysteries Collection 6 Book set,
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    4.21     · 14 Ratings · 2 Reviews · 1 edition
    Maureen Jenning Murdoch Mysteries Collection 6 Boo…

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