Under the Dragon's Tail - Softcover

Jennings, Maureen

3.82

1,710 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061097403 ISBN 13: 9780061097409

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1999

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Where Secrets Dwell Women rich and poor came to her, desperate and in dire need of discretion. And though Dolly Merishaw tended to their unfortunate circumstances in secret, her contempt and greed bred nothing but fear and loathing in the hearts of her clients. So it's no shock to detective William Murdoch when this malicious woman is murdered. What is a surprise, though, is the young boy found dead in Dolly's squalid kitchen a week after her demise. Now, Murdoch isn't sure if he's hunting one murderer or two. The investigation takes Murdoch into Victorian Toronto's disparate social circles--from the dingy rooms of dancehall girls and the chaste parlors of temperance-touting citizens to the fine drawing rooms of the city's prestigious elite. The more he learns about Dolly and her clientele, the longer his lists of suspects and motives grows. Clues lead him to several unlikely suspects--all of whom have secrets from their pasts linking them to Dolly and what she malevolently called her "record of

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Review:

Vivid heartwrenching. Late-19th-century Toronto comes startlingly alive in Jennings s second gripping tale.
Publishers Weekly

A very powerful novel.
Poison Pen

[Murdoch s] warm heart makes him the right sleuth for this cold city.
New York Times
There are touches of Anne Perry and Peter Lovesay in her clear-eyed look at the social ills of the period.
Denver Post

Grab a copy of Under the Dragon s Tail [Jennings has] a wonderful ability to describe this place and time.
Mystery Collectors BookLine
A stupendously stimulating historical mystery that will garner new readers for a rising star.
Feminist Mystery Reviews"

"Vivid... heartwrenching. Late-19th-century Toronto comes startlingly alive in Jennings's second gripping tale."
-Publishers Weekly

"A very powerful novel."
-Poison Pen

"[Murdoch's] warm heart makes him the right sleuth for this cold city."
-New York Times

"There are touches of Anne Perry and Peter Lovesay in her clear-eyed look at the social ills of the period."
-Denver Post

"Grab a copy of Under the Dragon's Tail ... [Jennings has] a wonderful ability to describe this place and time."
-Mystery Collectors' BookLine

"A stupendously stimulating historical mystery that will garner new readers for a rising star."
-Feminist Mystery Reviews

About the Author:

Maureen Jennings's Detective Murdoch series has been a hit from the start. Published to rave reviews, the first novel, Except the Dying, was shortlisted for both the Arthur Ellis and the Anthony first novel awards. The influential Drood Review picked Poor Tom Is Cold as one of its favourite mysteries of 2001. And Let Loose the Dogs was shortlisted for the 2004 Anthony Award for best historical mystery. Three novels have been adapted for television with two more in development.

Born in the U.K., Jennings now lives in Toronto.

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