Let Darkness Bury the Dead

by Maureen Jennings

  “A first novel enriched by the vividness of its period settings and animated by the lifelike characters caught up in its broad social sweep.”

  —New York Times

  “Jennings creates more than a period mystery.

  She brings alive 1895 Toronto.”

  —Publishers Weekly

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  DETECTIVE MURDOCH MYSTERIES

  “Vivid…heartwrenching. Late-19th-century Toronto comes startlingly alive in Jennings’s second gripping tale.”

  —Publishers Weekly

  “[Murdoch’s] warm heart makes him the right sleuth for this cold city.”

  —New York Times

  DETECTIVE MURDOCH MYSTERIES

  “Jennings generates considerable suspense with her unsettling tale….A very fine example of what it takes to make a historical mystery work.”

  —Booklist

  “Jennings has laid strong claim to the Toronto of the late nineteenth century….A satisfying mystery perfectly wedded to its evocative setting.”

  —Publishers Weekly

  DETECTIVE MURDOCH MYSTERIES

  “No author has mined Toronto’s past…with the dedication to detail of mystery writer Maureen Jennings….Let Loose the Dogs follows Murdoch through a dense plot centred on a bloodthirsty gambling event of the era.”

  —Toronto Star

  “The most generously plotted of Murdoch’s four cases, but the one whose constant reminders of mortality…are the most piercing.”

  —Kirkus Reviews

  DETECTIVE MURDOCH MYSTERIES

  “The fifth novel in this remarkably unsentimental series…brings to life a violent but vital society of astonishing contradictions.”

  —New York Times

  “The portrayal of Victorian life in Toronto rings true.

  We feel the chill of the poorly heated rooms….

  This is a well-written, tightly plotted mystery.”

  —Quill & Quire

  DETECTIVE MURDOCH MYSTERIES

  “Mystery lovers can be assured that the culprit is plausible, the clues fair, the tea strong and the pace brisk.”

  —Globe and Mail

  “Exciting….Full of passion about the seedy abuses of Victorian society. I couldn’t put it down.”

  —Hamilton Spectator

  DETECTIVE MURDOCH MYSTERIES

  “A surprisingly tender tale of slavery, addiction, violence, and revenge served ice-cold.”

  —Kirkus Reviews

  “Jennings is a master at drawing out her characters.”

  —Victoria Times-Colonist

  DETECTIVE INSPECTOR TOM TYLER MYSTERIES

  “Jennings’s portrait of a society under threat…is engrossing.”

  —Globe and Mail

  DETECTIVE INSPECTOR TOM TYLER MYSTERIES

  “Amazingly vivid and terribly real.”

  —New York Times Book Review