Under the Dragon’s Tail

Women rich and poor come to her, desperate and in dire need of help–and discretion. Dolly Merishaw is a midwife and an abortionist in Victorian Toronto, but although she keeps quiet about her clients’ condition, her contempt for them and her greed leaves every one of them resentful and angry. So it comes as no surprise to Detective William Murdoch when this malicious woman is murdered. What is a shock, though, is that a week later a young boy is found dead in Dolly’s squalid kitchen. Now, Murdoch isn’t sure if he’s hunting one murderer–or two.

“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 Lovesey 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

ISBN:0-7710-4399-6

Can. $9.99/U.S. $6.95