Except the Dying

Authors: Jennings, Maureen
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
BISAC/Subject: FIC022060, FIC050000, FIC022000, FIC022020, FIC021000
ISBN: 9780771043208, Related ISBNs: 0771000502, 0771043023, 0771043201, 0771043317, 077104397X
Classification: Non-Fiction
Number of pages: 256,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: In the cold Toronto winter of 1895, the unclad body of a servant girl is found frozen in a deserted laneway. Detective William Murdoch quickly finds out that more than one person connected with the girl’s simple life has something to hide.
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