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Murdoch Mysteries volume 5
Language
English
Description
An "experiment" with absinthe following the murder of an escort finally brings Dr. Ogden and Murdoch together. Meanwhile, the Temperance League increases its pressure on the force to rid the city of vice-including the Music Room, a brothel frequented by Toronto's elite.
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Series
Murdoch Mysteries volume 8
Language
English
Description
While on a camping holiday, Murdoch and Julia discover a man stabbed through the heart. To catch the killer, Brackenreid picks up the paintbrush again to infiltrate an artists' group that the victim had been associated with.
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Series
Murdoch Mysteries volume 4
Language
English
Description
With their wedding fast approaching, Murdoch and Julia are distracted by the plight of a woman on trial for killing her husband. When new evidence comes to light, the two set about reinvestigating the crime even as they walk down the aisle.
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Series
Murdoch Mysteries volume 16
Language
English
Description
At the scene of a grisly murder, Murdoch encounters horror author H.P. Lovecraft, who had been drawing the corpse. Lovecraft becomes enamored with Mrs. Brackenreid after he notices her reading Bram Stoker's Dracula.
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Series
Murdoch Mysteries volume 9
Language
English
Description
A woman with whom Brackenreid had an affair more than 20 years ago calls him to St. Marys to help find their missing daughter. As Brackenreid searches for the child he never knew he had, John worries about his father's safety.
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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 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 10
Language
English
Description
At an arctic exhibition in Toronto, a renowned sea captain fundraising for his expedition to the North Pole is accused of murdering a crew member. As Murdoch investigates the claim, he and Julia struggle to adapt to their new life as parents.
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Series
Murdoch Mysteries volume 9
Language
English
Description
Comedian Bert Grady is shot to death in a dark alley after a killer performance. Although Grady was a hit onstage, he was hated by his fellow vaudevillians, leaving Murdoch with a cast of suspects-including a young W.C. Fields.
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Series
Murdoch Mysteries volume 13
Language
English
Description
When a reclusive woodworker and amateur astronomer is found hanging in a tree, mounting evidence points to one conclusion: he was murdered by Martians. Murdoch searches for more earthly answers.
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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 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.
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Series
Murdoch Mysteries volume 2
Language
English
Description
When a competitor dies during a bicycle race, Murdoch suspects he was killed by large doses of a mysterious stimulant.
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Series
Murdoch Mysteries volume 6
Language
English
Description
When an inventor dies under mysterious circumstances, Murdoch comes across an old acquaintance, a battery-operated vehicle, and Henry Ford in the course of his investigation.
Author
Series
Murdoch Mysteries volume 21
Language
English
Description
After a musician is found murdered in an alley with an array of wounds, Watts tells Murdoch and Hart the crime was documented in a song he heard performed the previous night at Cassiopea Bright's nightclub. But when they speak to blues guitarist Huddie Lead Belly, who sang the telling lyrics and was a close friend of the victim, he claims they were inspired by a drunken reverie.
Author
Series
Murdoch Mysteries volume 13
Language
English
Description
Margaret and Crabtree participate in a cooking competition sponsored by a canned beef company, but the insult-hurling judge is poisoned. Crabtree fears for his life when he thinks he consumed tainted meat.
Author
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.
Author
Series
Murdoch Mysteries volume 5
Language
English
Description
When Crabtree and Special Constable Parker break up a party for gay men, the owner of the house, an avid philatelist, is found murdered. Is the killer a jilted lover or a jealous fellow stamp collector?
Author
Series
Murdoch Mysteries volume 9
Language
English
Description
When a young woman is rushed to the hospital after falling from a balcony, Julia must make a difficult decision. As Murdoch investigates whether or not the victim was pushed, Crabtree and Watts look into a possible theft.
Author
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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