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Murdoch Mysteries volume 1
Language
English
Description
A carnival turns dour after a man falls to his death beside a vaudeville impresario. As Murdoch and Crabtree investigate, they meet Charlie Chaplin, a cocksure Englishman, who says the victim was an insult comic who tussled the previous night with performer Ed Ward. Ward claims Chaplin's friend Stan Laurel was also miffed, but Murdoch begins to suspect the intended victim was actually Mr. Chaplin.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 11
Language
English
Description
The gang is spending a snowy Christmas at the country estate of a recently deceased toymaker, where they set out to decorate and return joy to the eclectic, neglected property, which has been bequeathed to Ogden for an orphanage. Despite their best efforts at festivity, someone, or something, is watching them, intent on preventing them from having a happy holiday.
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Series
Murdoch Mysteries volume 17
Language
English
Description
When an anti-progress zealot straps a bomb to a factory owner, Murdoch risks his own life to diffuse it.
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Series
Murdoch Mysteries volume 7
Language
English
Description
Murdoch's investigation into the murder of a defense minister raises the hackles of the detective's rival, spy Terrence Meyers. Could the inquiry ignite war with the United States? The explosive revelations put Murdoch's technical wizardry to the test in a race for Civil War booty.
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Series
Murdoch Mysteries volume 10
Language
English
Description
A young secretary washes up on the lakeshore, drowned and with a head wound. Soon, another educated woman is murdered in the same manner. The detectives examine the connections between the victims, starting with a mysterious symbol found with their bodies.
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Series
Murdoch Mysteries volume 5
Language
English
Description
When two boys discover a body in the woods near a nudist community, Murdoch must uncover the victim's relationship to the group with Crabtree's unorthodox help. Julia, meanwhile, learns that obtaining a divorce will be harder than she had anticipated.
Author
Series
Murdoch Mysteries volume 11
Language
English
Description
Toronto or Transylvania? A dead body's dramatic blood loss shines light on a vampire craze among schoolgirls inspired by Bram Stoker's Dracula. Murdoch tracks a fanged suspect, despite lurid stories by Toronto Gazette reporter Paddy Glynn and the incredulity of Inspector Brackenreid.
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Series
Murdoch Mysteries volume 17
Language
English
Description
While at a roller-skating outing, Julia and Rebecca discover a woman with a broken neck. At first, Murdoch assumes the death was an accident, but her daughter claims the victim was too good a skater to fall. Meanwhile, Rebecca enters a racing competition and Crabtree has relationship problems.
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Series
Murdoch Mysteries volume 6
Language
English
Description
After the suicide of disreputable woman, Murdoch suspects murder and nefarious dealings involving arranged marriages. In the shadow of the Virtue Ministry, two controversial courtships continue. Violet Hart finds Arthur Carmichael's public displays of affection unnerving, while Watts is unnerved by public reaction to his liaison with Jack.
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Series
Murdoch Mysteries volume 16
Language
English
Description
A former coworker at a logging camp asks Murdoch to exonerate him from a decades-old murder. With little evidence beyond testimonies, Murdoch struggles to find anything exculpatory, but a twist in the case reveals there's more to the story.
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Series
Murdoch Mysteries volume 12
Language
English
Description
A dashing masked robber steals from banks and gives to the poor à la Robin Hood, but Toronto is no Sherwood Forest. Undaunted by the sensational reporting of Paddy Glynn or the detective's longing for soon-to-be-wed Dr. Ogden, Murdoch doggedly probes the crimes.
Author
Series
Murdoch Mysteries volume 1
Language
English
Description
Crabtree is in prison for the murder of Archibald Brooks. When an inmate claiming to know something about Edna Brooks is killed, Crabtree worries that she may be in danger. Murdoch looks into a break-in at her house that may have been perpetrated by Edna herself.
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Series
Murdoch Mysteries volume 12
Language
English
Description
Murdoch and Brackenreid investigate the shooting of a photographer. Meanwhile, Higgins's secret side hustle using his automobile to courier packages takes a wrong turn after he starts working for some unsavory characters.
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Series
Murdoch Mysteries volume 11
Language
English
Description
While Dr. Ogden is examining a suspicious mark on the body of the recently hanged Cecil Fox, the man suddenly wakes, knocks her unconscious, and flees the morgue. The incident forces Murdoch to reexamine other recent cases, with some surprising results.
Author
Series
Murdoch Mysteries volume 7
Language
English
Description
When a corpse crashes through a theatre's ceiling and lands onstage in the midst of Macbeth, Murdoch and Brackenreid delve into the backstage intrigues of the city's leading Shakespearean acting troupe.
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Series
Murdoch Mysteries volume 2
Language
English
Description
After a night of drinking and carousing, a young man turns up stabbed to death, and his friend Winston Churchill is implicated in the crime. Murdoch accompanies Churchill as he attempts to recover his memory of the night's events and find the killer.
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Series
Murdoch Mysteries volume 7
Language
English
Description
After a woman's severed body is found on the railway tracks, Murdoch and Hart discern she was killed elsewhere. Nearby, Murdoch discovers a reformatory for wayward women. The warden claims the victim was an ideal inmate, but the other women there treat Murdoch with evasiveness or outright hostility. With his investigation stalled, he needs someone inside, and Ogden seems perfect for the job.
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Series
Murdoch Mysteries volume 5
Language
English
Description
The disappearance of a visiting Parisian girl thrusts Murdoch into an odd partnership with French Detective Marcel Guillaume, a real-life inspiration for the fictional Inspector Maigret. Brackenreid, meanwhile, ponders a political career.
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Series
Murdoch Mysteries volume 3
Language
English
Description
As Emily and Lillian prepare to set sail for England, a shocking corpse turns up on Emily's last day as city coroner. Murdoch takes over the case, which includes a missing private investigator, secret safety deposit box, and assumed identities.
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