Read Series: Detective Murdoch
by Author Maureen Jennings
Let Loose the Dogs (2004)
Toronto Detective William Murdoch has a lot on his mind; his sister, Sister Philomena, is dying. His father, from whom he has long been estranged, has been convicted of murdering a man over gambling debts in a dog fight ... and then there is the lovely widow Enid Jones, for whom he has been pinin...
Poor Tom Is Cold (2001)
In this third adventure featuring the lovable detective William Murdoch, he becomes involved with the apparent suicide of Constable Oliver Wicken – a man who was the sole support of his mother and invalid sister. But further investigation by Detective Murdoch takes him far afield and he begins to...
Except the Dying (2004)
I honestly admit, I'm a bit confused by this book. On the one hand, I really like it, but on the other, I am quite annoyed with it. Let me brake it down into what worked and what didn't. Warning, here there be spoilers!What worked:The attention to detail. This book is slow, building on the minuti...
A Journeyman to Grief (2007)
The abduction of a young woman in 1858 ends in Toronto thirty-eight years later — in murder.In 1858, a young woman on her honeymoon is forcibly abducted and taken across the border from Canada and sold into slavery. Thirty-eight years later, Detective Murdoch is working on a murder case that will...
Vices of My Blood (2006)
The compelling new novel by Canada’s answer to Anne Perry.In his forties, the Reverend Charles Howard still cut an impressive figure. A married Presbyterian minister in Toronto’s east end, Howard was popular with the congregation that elected him, especially with the ladies, and most particularly...
Night's Child (2007)
After thirteen-year-old Agnes Fisher faints at school, her teacher, the young and still idealistic Amy Slade, is shocked to discover in the girl’s desk two stereoscopic photographs. One is of a dead baby in its cradle, and on the back Agnes has scrawled a terrible message. Worse, the other photog...