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Detective Murdoch Series

Step into the gaslit streets of late 19th-century Toronto with a brilliant detective as he unravels complex crimes. Employing innovative forensic techniques ahead of his time, he meticulously pieces together clues to expose the truth. This series offers a captivating blend of historical drama and compelling mystery, perfect for fans of procedural investigations in a bygone era.

Murdoch Mysteries - Vices of My Blood
Murdoch Mysteries - Night's Child
Let Loose the Dogs
Murdoch Mysteries - Poor Tom Is Cold
Murdoch Mysteries - Under the Dragon's Tail
Except the Dying

Recommended Reading Order

  1. Except the Dying

    • 322 pages
    • 12 hours of reading

    As the brutal winter of 1895 bears down on Toronto, a young girl's body turns up in a desolate alley. When it's discovered that the girl was pregnant. Detective William Murdoch suspects someone was trying to hide a scandal. But when he learns more about the girl's life. he realizes her death is the work of someone with a far more sinister purpose. Just as Caleb Cart brought old New York to life in The Alienist, Maureen Jennings evokes Victorian Toronto in this darkly atmospheric novel rich in history and bone-chilling suspense.

    Except the Dying1
    3.5

  2. Murdoch Mysteries - Under the Dragon's Tail

    • 292 pages
    • 11 hours of reading

    Dolly Merishaw is a midwife and an abortionist in Victorian Toronto, and although she keeps quiet about her clients, her contempt and greed leaves them resentful and angry. It comes as no surprise to Detective William Murdoch when she is murdered, but Murdoch isn't sure if he's hunting one murderer - or two.

    Murdoch Mysteries - Under the Dragon's Tail2
    3.8

  3. Murdoch Mysteries - Poor Tom Is Cold

    • 400 pages
    • 14 hours of reading

    Detective William Murdoch is not convinced that Constable Oliver Wicken - a man who was the sole support of his mother and invalid sister - committed suicide. When he begins to suspect the involvement of Wicken's neighbours, the Eakin family, Mrs Eakin is committed to a lunatic asylum. Is she really insane?

    Murdoch Mysteries - Poor Tom Is Cold3
    3.7

  4. Let Loose the Dogs

    • 512 pages
    • 18 hours of reading

    This TV tie-in edition features the beloved Inspector Murdoch series by Maureen Jennings, which inspired the successful show The Murdoch Mysteries on CBC. The book offers fans a chance to delve deeper into the intriguing mysteries and rich character development that have captivated audiences.

    Let Loose the Dogs4
    4.0

  5. Murdoch Mysteries - Night's Child

    • 362 pages
    • 13 hours of reading

    After thirteen-year-old Agnes Fisher faints at school, her teacher is shocked to discover salacious photographs of the girl in her desk. When Agnes doesn't show up at school the next day, her teacher takes the photographs to the police. Murdoch, furious at the sexual exploitation of such a young girl, resolves to find the photographer.

    Murdoch Mysteries - Night's Child5
    3.9

  6. Murdoch Mysteries - Vices of My Blood

    The Reverend Charles Howard sat in judgement on the poor, assessing their applications for the workhouse. But now he is dead, stabbed and brutally beaten in his office. Has some poor beggar he turned down taken his vengeance?

    Murdoch Mysteries - Vices of My Blood6
    3.9

  7. Murdoch Mysteries - Journeyman to Grief

    • 400 pages
    • 14 hours of reading

    In 1858, a young woman on her honeymoon is abducted, taken across the border to the US and sold into slavery. Thirty-eight years later, the owner of one of Toronto's livery stables has been found dead. The investigation endangers Murdoch's own life - and reveals how harms committed in the past can erupt fatally in the present.

    Murdoch Mysteries - Journeyman to Grief7
    3.9