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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 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 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 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 8
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A young boy comes to the station with a strange report about a giant knight, but Murdoch brushes it off as a tall tale. When the boy goes missing after two bizarre murders and the appearance of a Prussian assassin, Murdoch begins to suspect something more sinister.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 13
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Murdoch and Ogden's plan to attend a lecture by Sigmund Freud is upended when the controversial doctor receives a death threat he believes was sent by a colleague. They interview him and his acolytes Carl Jung, Sándor Ferenczi, Ernest Jones, and Victor Severn. Murdoch is unsettled by Freud's uninvited psychoanalysis, and then a melee breaks out in the bullpen that turns deadly.
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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 15
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A devout young woman's murder unexpectedly reunites Murdoch with his childhood mentor, Father Keegan. As the two work together to solve the crime and locate a missing priest, Murdoch recalls a formative event from his youth.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 1
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A dazed Murdoch wakes up in Bristol, England, with no memory of who he is or how he got there. Worse still, it seems he's wanted by British intelligence agents for murder.
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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 7
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When a man is shot dead, Murdoch's childhood friend Freddie Pink, who was also shot at, warns Murdoch that someone may be targeting recipients of the Young Scholars Prize. Murdoch and Freddie connect the shootings to a murder they investigated together as children at a wilderness camp in 1875.
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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 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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Murdoch Mysteries volume 24
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After finding a bomb at their home, Murdoch secures Ogden and baby Susannah at a seedy hotel with a panic button while he pursues the threat. Meanwhile, Crabtree is hunting the otherworldly beings who seem to have abducted Effie's maid of honor, to the glee of his future father-in-law and disdain of his mother-in-law to be. Both Brackenreid and Hart are being blackmailed by her nefarious father.
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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 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 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 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 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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