Maureen Jennings
Author
Series
William Murdoch mysteries volume 3
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Author
Series
William Murdoch mysteries volume 1
Publisher
HarperPaperbacks
Pub. Date
1999, c1997
Language
English
Author
Series
William Murdoch mysteries volume 8
Publisher
McClelland & Stewart
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
It is November 1917. Initially, in the loyal Dominion of Canada, people are mostly eager to support the Motherland and fight for the Empire, but the carnage is horrendous and with enforced conscription, the enthusiasm for war is dimming. William Murdoch is a widower, a senior detective who, thanks to the new temperance laws, spends his time tracking down bootleggers and tipplers. As we enter the story, Jack, Murdoch's estranged son, now twenty-one,...
Author
Series
Season of darkness trilogy volume 2
Publisher
McClelland & Stewart
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
November, 1940. Tom Tyler, Detective Inspector of the small Shropshire town of Whitchurch, is a troubled man. The preceding summer had been a dark one for Britain, and even darker for Tom's own family and personal life. So he jumps at the opportunity to help out in the nearby city of Birmingham, where an explosion in a munitions factory has killed or badly injured several of the young women who have taken on dangerous work in support of the war effort....
Author
Series
William Murdoch mysteries volume 2
Publisher
McClelland & Stewart
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"One warm summer day in 1895 Toronto, Dolly Merishaw is found dead on her parlour floor, apparently having hit her head in a drunken fall. But Detective William Murdoch soon finds evidence that she may have been murdered. When he learns of her past as a midwife and abortionist, he is not surprised she's been murdered, because although she kept quiet about her clients, her contempt and greed often left them angry and resentful. But when a young boy...
Author
Series
Season of darkness trilogy volume 3
Publisher
McClelland & Stewart
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
It's summer, 1943, and after a tough couple of years, Detective Inspector Tom Tyler is making a fresh start in Ludlow, Shropshire. On the outskirts of town, St. Anne's Convalescent Hospital, staffed by nursing sisters who are Anglican nuns, has been established in an old manor house to help victims of the war to recover. After a horrifying double murder is discovered on the grounds, Tyler must figure out how the crime could have occurred in such a...
Author
Series
Season of darkness trilogy volume 1
Publisher
McClelland & Stewart
Pub. Date
2012, c2011
Language
English
Description
Detective and mystery stories. In 1940, England is desperate and fearful. The threat of a German invasion is real, and many German Nationals are interned in camps across the country. One such is on Prees Heath, near the small town of Whitchurch in Shropshire, where Tom Tyler is the sole detective inspector. When a young women is found murdered on a desolate country road, Tyler who has no shortage of troubles of his own finds himself drawn into an...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Cutting-edge Victorian science meets cunningly plotted mystery in this award-winning Canadian TV drama. William Murdoch is a detective in Toronto in 1895, using new forensic techniques like fingerprinting and psychological profiling. He crosses paths with famous figures including Arthur Conan Doyle, and H. G. Wells.
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
At the dawn of the 20th century, Detective William Murdoch solves Toronto2s trickiest cases with scientific insight and ingenuity in this award-winning mystery series. From flying early aircraft to infiltrating nudist communities, consulting with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to helping a young Winston Churchill, Murdoch has always been a man ahead of his time. In Season Six, he also confronts legal and social challenges to be with his love, pathologist-turned-psychiatrist...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Winningly clever and playful, this acclaimed Canadian series returns with new mysteries set in Edwardian-era Toronto. In Season Nine, Detective William Murdoch and his wife, Dr. Julia Ogden, plan their dream home; Constable Crabtree faces dire consequences for his decisions; and Dr. Emily Grace experiences a personal crisis. Meanwhile, Inspector Brackenreid endures an eccentric houseguest, and a new morgue cleaner turned lab attendant brings fresh...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Before the hit television series, the same characters appeared in three feature-length adaptations of Maureen Jennings's beloved novels. In gritty 1890s Toronto, Detective William Murdoch uses new forensic techniques to solve the murders of a young chambermaid, a colleague on the force, and a backstreet abortionist.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
In the 1890's, Detective William Murdoch adopts modern techniques like 'finger marks' and forensics to track Toronto's most sinister killers. Though derided by his skeptical boss, Murdoch finds friends and allies in a lovely pathologist and an eager-to-learn constable. Along the way they cross paths with some of the era's most famous figures, including Nikola Tesla, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Prince Alfred.
Series
Publisher
[Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The two-hour Christmas special, has Murdoch and the team investigating the host of a Christmas charity gala for sick children after he is killed, and all the presents he was going to give away are stolen. When witnesses report hearing a wild animal near the scene, Crabtree suspects the legendary creature Krampus is the culprit.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Murdoch and his wife have been abducted and Inspector Brackenreid has retired, leaving only Constable Crabree to investigate the corruption inside the station house. As the team reassembles, their new cases involve Sun Yat-Sen, Jelly Roll Morton, the Scottish Highland games, and leave Murdoch in a coma after a shooting, dreaming of a world where mysteries are investigated musically.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Detective Murdoch seeks to find and protect his newly discovered son from the Black Hand gang. Meanwhile, Brackenreid's son has sprung loose from jail and is on the run, and Crabtree finds himself in a compromised situation as he tries to save Effie from her kidnappers.