In the middle of the bitterly cold winter of 1895 in Toronto, the naked body of a young servant girl has recently been discovered in a deserted laneway.Detective William Murdoch must determine the reason why she died under such miserable circumstances.To catch his criminal, Murdoch crosses the class lines of a society that still clings to a British hierarchical system, and behind the chenille curtains of the wealthy, he uncovers personalities capable of committing ugly crimes.
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In the middle of the bitterly cold winter of 1895 in Toronto, the naked body of a young servant girl has recently been discovered in a deserted laneway.Detective William Murdoch must determine the reason why she died under such miserable circumstances.To catch his criminal, Murdoch crosses the class lines of a society that still clings to a British hierarchical system, and behind the chenille curtains of the wealthy, he uncovers personalities capable of committing ugly crimes.
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Near Fine in Fine jacket. Book. Signed by Author(s) First edition, first printing, hardcover. 255 pages. Near fine with spine ends bumped, in a fine, mylar-covered dust jacket with "Signed by the Author" sticker on front panel. SIGNED (signature only) by the author on the title page. Author's first novel.
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Fine in Fine jacket. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author. Although not marked in any way, this copy is from the distinguished modern first edition collection of Bruce Kahn.
This is a very good read in its genre. But if a reader, who is a fan of the TV series, "The Artful Detective," is expecting to encounter their favorite characters, and the "class" of the settings, they will not. Brackenreid, Julia Ogden and Emily Grace are not part of the story. Both Murdoch and Crabtree are quite different physically as well as are their personality styles. As Maureen Jennings has written her novel, the people are not as refined and the times are not as clean. Among the poorer classes, their circumstances are rough and raw and probably, far more descriptively accurate in terms of the way people lived in the late 19th century. While my expectations, based on the TV series, were altered, I still found the story very compelling. And Maureen Jennings can tell a story.
