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Days before Christmas in Edwardian-era Toronto, Detective William Murdoch (Yannick Bisson) is called to investigate a daring train robbery. When witnesses insist the culprit exhibited superhuman abilities, Constable Crabtree (Jonny Harris, Still Standing) realizes the robber bears a striking resemblance to the title character of his new graphic novel, Jumping Jack. As more robberies targeting gifts from Eaton's luxury department occur around Toronto,...
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 14
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Farmer Gunther Wenders is taken into custody for trying to drown his woodland neighbor, Minerva West, a self-confessed witch. Murdoch considers the case a disagreement between a superstitious man and a delusional woman. But when Minerva and her fellow coven members cast a spell outside the station house, Wenders suddenly dies in the cells, and Murdoch must explain how.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 9
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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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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 12
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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 6
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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 7
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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 14
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Murdoch investigates the death of a man trapped in a snare and mauled to death not far from a sideshow exhibit featuring a "wild" girl purportedly raised by wolves. Meanwhile, Julia learns some distressing news about Roland's mother and hires Freddie to uncover the truth.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 14
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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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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 4
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As they are returning from a volleyball tournament, Effie and Brackenreid are injured when brake failure causes a train derailment. While Ogden and Hart tend to the passengers, they soon discover a dead police officer who had been transporting a now-missing prisoner. Back in Toronto, Murdoch is unexpectedly left caring for Higgins's daughter when the crawling infant escapes from the station house.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 10
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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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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 10
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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 8
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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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Violet Hart attends an event in Niagara featuring American civil rights leaders W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington. When their supporters are greeted by racist protesters, the speakers remain unflappable. But then the protest leader is found murdered, and the local constabulary are rude and dismissive of Hart's assessment. Fearing for the integrity of the investigation, she begins her own.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 5
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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 13
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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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Murdoch Mysteries volume 10
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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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