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Authors: Maureen Jennings
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MAUREEN JENNINGS’s first novel in the Detective Murdoch series,
Except the Dying
, was published to rave reviews and 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.
Let Loose the Dogs
was shortlisted for the 2004 Anthony Award for best historical mystery.
Night’s Child
was shortlisted for the Arthur Ellis Award, the Bruce Alexander Historical Mystery Award, the Barry Award, and the Macavity Historical Mystery Award. And
A Journeyman to Grief
was nominated for the Arthur Ellis Award. Three of the Detective Murdoch novels have been adapted for television, and a Granada International television series,
The Murdoch Mysteries
, based on the characters from the novels, is shown on CityTV and UKTV.
COPYRIGHT © 2003 BY MAUREEN JENNINGS
First published by St. Martin’s Press 2003
First McClelland & Stewart paperback edition 2004
This trade paperback edition 2010
All rights reserved. The use of any part of this publication reproduced, transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or stored in a retrieval system, without the prior written consent of the publisher – or, in case of photocopying or other reprographic copying, a licence from the Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency – is an infringement of the copyright law.
LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES OF CANADA CATALOGUING IN PUBLICATION
Jennings, Maureen
Let loose the dogs / Maureen Jennings.
(A Detective Murdoch mystery)
Originally publ.: New York : T. Dunne Books, 2003
eISBN: 978-0-7710-4321-5
I. Title. II. Series: Jennings, Maureen. Detective Murdoch mystery.
PS8569.E562L38 2010 C813′.54 C2009-906981-4
We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program and that of the Government of Ontario through the Ontario Media Development Corporation’s Ontario Book Initiative. We further acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council for our publishing program.
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Table of Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Chapter Thirty-Two
Chapter Thirty-Three
Chapter Thirty-Four
Chapter Thirty-Five
Chapter Thirty-Six
Chapter Thirty-Seven
Chapter Thirty-Eight
Chapter Thirty-Nine
Chapter Forty
Chapter Forty-One
Chapter Forty-Two
Chapter Forty-Three
Chapter Forty-Four
Chapter Forty-Five
Chapter Forty-Six
Chapter Forty-Seven
Chapter Forty-Eight
Chapter Forty-Nine
Chapter Fifty
Chapter Fifty-One
Chapter Fifty-Two
Chapter Fifty-Three