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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 5
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It seems like an open-and-shut case when local farmer Alexander Reynolds is found with an axe in his chest at his birthday celebration. Reynolds's blood-soaked daughter immediately confesses to the crime, but Murdoch believes there are deeper issues at play.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 5
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The Canadian prime minister and national security agent Terrence Meyers enlist Murdoch's help with an extortion crisis. They have 24 hours to stop the detonation of a rogue weapon that could spark a war between Canada and the United States.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 15
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A young woman walks into an apartment building and, seconds later, an explosion kills her. Could she be the victim of a bomb attack or the perpetrator? The case becomes even more intriguing when Watts identifies her as one of the missing women he's been investigating.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 6
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When a young woman is found dead in a creek, Murdoch must investigate a man from Dr. Ogden's past. Their fledgling relationship is threatened by differences of opinion regarding abortion, and Murdoch nearly loses his objectivity while tracking those responsible for the victim's death.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 9
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While visiting the bank to apply for a loan on a special mother-and-baby-promotion day, Murdoch finds himself in the midst of a robbery. Meanwhile, Brackenreid plots a way to "watch" his favorite football team play in England.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 2
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With tensions simmering between Protestants and Catholics, the police department is on high alert during an Orange Day parade. When a town alderman is shot by a sniper in the midst of the festivities, Toronto's Irish Catholic residents fall under suspicion.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 2
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To save his former lover and their son, Murdoch makes a risky deal with a Black Hand henchman. Crabtree orchestrates an elaborate ruse to protect himself and Effie from the forced marriage plans of Dorothy and her sister, Amelia. Ogden is pressured to perform a risky surgery on a hospital benefactor, and Brackenreid must resign himself to the fact that his youngest son has now killed two men.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 7
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During renovations of the police station, workmen dig up a body buried in the building's cement. When the dead man is identified as a constable who disappeared in 1881, the tables are turned as the cops become the suspects.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 8
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When the team are called to a murder at Newsomimico, the lakeside estate of Rupert Newsome, they're stunned to learn he has created a sovereign nation. Sporting a crown and calling himself king, he's distraught over the death of his friend, aristocrat Dickie Fetherstonhaugh. Julia is impressed by the bizarre undertaking, but Crabtree is unsettled at meeting Effie's former husband.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 22
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Crabtree is shocked when Amelia Ernst, one of the deranged sisters who abducted him and tortured Effie, voluntarily turns herself in. Effie intends to make her face the full force of justice but is hobbled by a clever lawyer. Murdoch takes leave to spend time with his new baby daughter, Susannah, while Margaret Brackenreid pursues her fugitive son, Bobby.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 3
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After celebrating a big win, boxer Amos Robinson goes down for the count, courtesy of a gunshot to the chest. A witness finds Robinson's wife, Fannie, standing over the body but Murdoch aims to prove her innocence.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 10
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When the lead singer of a travelling ragtime group turns up dead, Detective Murdoch looks to the group's complicated past for answers.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 3
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When an Egyptian sarcophagus is opened at a museum exhibit, a hidden cobra delivers a fatal bite to one of the expedition's archaeologists. Further strange incidents incite rumors of a mummy's curse-and bolster sales of Crabtree's Egyptian-themed adventure novel.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 18
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Murdoch finds himself the prime suspect in the murder of a burlesque dancer found dead in his bed. While Stationhouse Four proclaims his innocence, Murdoch goes into hiding as the newly reappointed Chief Constable Davis continues his vendetta against him.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 4
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Murdoch finds his investigation into a nanny's disappearance assisted by the man who considers himself the real Sherlock Holmes.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 14
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At a public presentation, Murdoch declares he has perfected James Pendrick's youth potion and displays a totally transformed Brackenreid as proof. But Crabtree, growing suspicious of Murdoch's claims and strange behavior, sets out to uncover what really happened to Pendrick.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 3
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After disgraced former police inspector Percival Giles escapes from prison, Murdoch races to intercept him before a mercenary detective can get there first. At the jail, Murdoch learns that another inmate claims the inspector planted evidence long ago that convicted him of murdering his girlfriend. In the aftermath of her abduction, Effie is having trouble coping and turns to Ogden for help.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 7
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When a politician dies in a fall at the legislative building, a witness blames it on ghosts rumored to haunt the site. Murdoch looks into the politician's suspicious land deal, while Crabtree pursues his own line of inquiry against Murdoch's orders.
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