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Murdoch Mysteries volume 12
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English
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The murder of a girl leads police to suspect a plot against visiting Prince Alfred. Constable Crabtree joins the prince's retinue and finds His Highness more than a handful to guard.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 9
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English
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Bridge builders at the Don River discover the mummified bodies of a man and a woman. Murdoch and Ogden ascertain that the pair was murdered, possibly some time ago. Working closely with Dr. Ogden also causes Murdoch to reevaluate his feelings for her.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 8
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English
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The Black Hand reenters Anna's life, and the investigation into the librarian's death heats up when another young woman becomes a victim. Crabtree discovers clues in some steamy stories, and Dr. Ogden's political views cause tensions with her husband.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 17
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English
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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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Murdoch Mysteries volume 10
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English
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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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Murdoch Mysteries volume 2
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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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Murdoch Mysteries volume 7
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English
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Bedlam strikes Barnett's Traveling Royal Circus when an out-of-control tiger kills its trainer before escaping. Although the animal is later caught, Murdoch suspects the case may be more complicated than it appears and begins investigating the other circus performers.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 6
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English
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Murdoch suspects that a detailed miniature streetscape of a Toronto neighborhood contains clues to a homicide. But the artist is an "idiot savant," unable to finger the killer. It's up to Murdoch to get a clear picture of a street roiling with conflict, deceit, and murder.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 14
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English
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Julia and Emily attend a bachelorette party on a secluded, perhaps haunted island. Meanwhile, Detective Murdoch and the boys from Station Four find themselves in a high stakes curling match.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 2
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English
Description
A massive fire consumes Toronto and injures Julia. When their questioning of the rival debutantes goes nowhere, Brackenreid and Murdoch consider the possibility that the murders may have been the work of a sequential killer.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 5
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English
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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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Murdoch Mysteries volume 11
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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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Murdoch Mysteries volume 8
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English
Description
A phone operator with a penchant for amateur sleuthing claims she overheard the strangulation death of a young woman. Is the wannabe detective crying wolf, or is a real predator on the loose in Toronto? Murdoch taps into the phone system to prevent a killer from striking again.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 10
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English
Description
When a second heir to the Beaton fortune dies in unusual circumstances, Murdoch questions the staff at Beaton Manor. The workers seem convinced that a malevolent ghost haunts the home, but the always-scientific detective remains highly skeptical.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 7
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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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Murdoch Mysteries volume 9
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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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Murdoch Mysteries volume 12
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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.
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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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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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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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