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Dans l'ombre du dragon

par Maureen Jennings

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Women rich and poor come to her, desperate and in dire need of help – and discretion. Dolly Merishaw is a midwife and an abortionist in Victorian Toronto, but although she keeps quiet about her clients’ condition, her contempt for them and her greed leaves every one of them resentful and angry. So it comes as no surprise to Detective William Murdoch when this malicious woman is murdered. What is a shock, though, is that a week later a young boy is found dead in Dolly’s squalid kitchen. Now, Murdoch isn’t sure if he’s hunting one murderer – or two.… (plus d'informations)
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It's not as much of a page-turner as the first book in the series, but it's still an enjoyable read. If you're looking for a very plot-driven police procedural, this isn't it, but if you're more interested in immersing yourself in 1890s Toronto, I think it is a worthwhile read. I found the ending too open-ended and just not enough closure for my preference (you do more or less find out who the murderer is; it's just not dealt with in the story directly), but I still enjoyed it - it was a good, easy read to get back into reading after exams and make use of the time I've spent visiting some relevant places in person. ( )
  Leena04 | Jan 2, 2024 |
My wife got into a show called Murdoch Mysteries, a cozy Canadian mystery show that takes place in 1900. Then she got our kids into it (we have strange kids). So I often have to hear the dinner talk with the detective and coroner’s relationship, the lieutenant’s quest for a promotion, the gruff police chief’s drinking habits, etc. It’s a pretty good show if you like Castle or Monk or The Mentalist and so on. But it started as a book series, so I thought I’d check that out.

The book is quite different. Like you’ve probably gathered from other reviews, it’s grim and gritty, not shirking from the terrible dirty parts of living at the turn of the century–disease, child abuse, orphans, classism, lack of women’s rights, etc. Themes circle issues you can’t deal with on nice Canadian TV. For example, in the TV series, they’ve, through necessity of the cases (and the necessity of the writers probably) accidentally created things like the polygraph and night vision goggles and luminol. In the book, he’s struggling to stop from masturbating he’s an adult male Catholic.

I’m not sure people who like the series will like this, especially if they have delicate sensibilities (for example, this one has a lot of abortion and “promiscuous women” and child death). They are two different things–much like Song of Ice and Fire vs. Game of Thrones. Or Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories vs. Benedict Cumberbatch’s Sherlock. I liked it, but that’s because I can separate Book Murdoch from Television Murdoch.

However, I don’t think I’d read any other books in the series. It lacks what makes the TV show charming (Murdoch’s boyish curiosity, the strong female presence, the anachronistic plots like the “Wrestlemania” one). If I need grim and gritty detective novels, there are plenty of others I can go to. Frankly, I’m surprised whoever created this show found a kernel of what it became. But shrug. ( )
  theWallflower | Sep 30, 2022 |
3.9, I liked the ending almost enough to give it a 4. Also liked the reserved tone and the meting out of justice that the author accomplished. Not a deep story but diverting. ( )
  Je9 | Aug 10, 2021 |
This was an enjoyable read. The plot was a little complicated and it felt like there were scenes edited out causing the story to skip a bit. Entertaining enough to want to keep reading the series. ( )
  Arkrayder | Mar 8, 2019 |
A pretty good mystery set in 1890s Toronto. ( )
  charlie68 | Dec 5, 2018 |
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Women rich and poor come to her, desperate and in dire need of help – and discretion. Dolly Merishaw is a midwife and an abortionist in Victorian Toronto, but although she keeps quiet about her clients’ condition, her contempt for them and her greed leaves every one of them resentful and angry. So it comes as no surprise to Detective William Murdoch when this malicious woman is murdered. What is a shock, though, is that a week later a young boy is found dead in Dolly’s squalid kitchen. Now, Murdoch isn’t sure if he’s hunting one murderer – or two.

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