This award-winning Canadian mystery follows Detective William Murdoch as he solves the most perplexing mysteries of Edwardian-era Toronto with scientific insight and revolutionary techniques. Aided by his eager deputy Constable Crabtree, gruff Inspector Brackenreid, and coroner Dr. Emily Grace, Murdoch faces off against murderers, thieves, and even the undead. Meanwhile, his always-complex relationship with Dr. Julia Ogden continues to develop in unexpected ways.
After a man is shot in a movie house, Thomas Edison becomes a suspect and Murdoch is drawn into the behind-the-scenes drama of James Pendrick's filmmaking venture.
A summer heat wave finds much of Toronto taking refuge at the beach, but when a body marked by a large bite washes ashore, rumours of a sea monster quickly spread across the city.