While hunting down the killer of a constable, William Murdoch is drawn to the plight of a young wife whose predatory stepchildren plan to shut her in an insane asylum to prevent her from inheriting her husband's estate. With her ability to invoke the Toronto of a century ago and its many levels of society, the author finds under stones of silence the social outrages that so vividly trigger her mysteries.
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While hunting down the killer of a constable, William Murdoch is drawn to the plight of a young wife whose predatory stepchildren plan to shut her in an insane asylum to prevent her from inheriting her husband's estate. With her ability to invoke the Toronto of a century ago and its many levels of society, the author finds under stones of silence the social outrages that so vividly trigger her mysteries.
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New. 2012. 0th Edition. Paperback. 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? Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 302......We ship daily from our Bookshop.