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Under the Dragon's Tail Paperback – Import, January 1, 2012

by Maureen Jennings (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars 784 ratings
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Dolly Merishaw is a midwife and an abortionist in Victorian Toronto, and although she keeps quiet about her clients, her contempt and greed leaves them resentful and angry. It comes as no surprise to Detective William Murdoch when she is murdered, but when a young boy is found dead in Dolly's squalid kitchen a week later, Murdoch isn't sure if he's hunting one murderer - or two.
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  1. Book 2 of 8
    Murdoch Mysteries
  2. Print length
    400 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Titan Publishing Company
  5. Publication date
    January 1, 2012
  6. Dimensions
    5.91 x 0.79 x 8.03 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0857689886
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0857689887
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Titan Publishing Company (January 1, 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0857689886
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0857689887
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.91 x 0.79 x 8.03 inches
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Customers find the book an enjoyable read with a fascinating plot and wonderful mysteries. They appreciate the amazing historical detail, with one customer noting how it brings early 20th century Toronto to life. The writing style receives positive feedback, with customers noting the author's use of expressions and language. The character development receives mixed reactions from customers.

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37 customers mention "Readability"37 positive0 negative

Customers find the book enjoyable and entertaining, with one mentioning that the TV series is better than the novel version.

"I am a great fan of William Murdoch. This is a great, somewhat dark story with well drawn characters and a fascinating and unusual story line." Read more

"...I prefer the mystery. Well paced. A good read." Read more

"...The TV series is an absolute delight!!!..." Read more

"A good read! I like how the author uses expressions and language typical of the time and region depicted in the story...." Read more

25 customers mention "Plot"21 positive4 negative

Customers enjoy the plot of the book, describing it as a fascinating mystery with wonderful twists and turns, and one customer notes how the criminal investigation techniques are riveting.

"I am a great fan of William Murdoch. This is a great, somewhat dark story with well drawn characters and a fascinating and unusual story line." Read more

"...characters are cleverly and carefully drawn, the plots and sly references to the future clever, and the dialog superb... far, far better than the..." Read more

"...setting, the birth of the forensic evidence and criminal investigation techniques are riveting...." Read more

"...living conditions, fashions, and social norms vividly yet never bogs down her narrative. The mysteries and sleuthing is tightly crafted." Read more

11 customers mention "Historical detail"11 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the historical detail in the book, with one customer noting how it brings early 20th century Toronto to life.

"I loved this story and this is interesting since I saw the made for tv movie based on the book before I bought the book...." Read more

"...hunts for Dolly's murderer, Jennings paints an interesting picture of historic Toronto during the late 1800s...." Read more

"...Jennings has done a masterful job of depicting Toronto in the late 1800s, her exhaustive research very apparent...." Read more

"...She describes the living conditions, fashions, and social norms vividly yet never bogs down her narrative...." Read more

11 customers mention "Writing style"11 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the writing style of the book, appreciating the author's use of expressions and language, with one customer noting the skillful descriptions and another highlighting the superb dialog.

"Well written. Well plotted. I recommend this instalment of the Murdoch mysteries. It is a bit different from the show but not in a bad way...." Read more

"...I like the way the author alternated between the narration, giving different points of view...." Read more

"...drawn, the plots and sly references to the future clever, and the dialog superb... far, far better than the books...." Read more

"...being said, assuming you are able to separate the two, the books are very well done...." Read more

16 customers mention "Character development"11 positive5 negative

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"...This is a great, somewhat dark story with well drawn characters and a fascinating and unusual story line." Read more

"...Her characters were very real and Murdoch was drawn in a particularly sympathetic way. I really felt for him during the story...." Read more

"...There are significant differences in the main characters as opposed to the television version, so if you were expecting the same type of humor and..." Read more

"...The TV series is an absolute delight!!! The characters are cleverly and carefully drawn, the plots and sly references to the future clever, and the..." Read more

The process of the investigation is written in a way that makes it easy to feel as though you are...
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The process of the investigation is written in a way that makes it easy to feel as though you are...
Under the Dragon’s Tail (Murdoch Mysteries #2) by Maureen Jennings Dolly Merishaw has spent her life as a midwife, delivering or ending pregnancies that for one reason or another must remain secret. Throughout her career, Dolly has worked with everyone from the lowest dregs of society to the highest. She herself lives in a small, little house with her deaf daughter and two young boys who were left in her care by previous clients. Her violent and greedy nature, plus her extensive knowledge of many different women, makes her more enemies than friends. When she is found murdered in her own parlor, Murdoch must dig into her life and the lives of some of her previous clients to uncover who may have done her in. The Murdoch Mysteries have intrigued me since I realized that the television series was based on the books. This is the second book in the series. In the first book, we met a lot of the main characters that will be in the second book, including Murdoch, Crabtree, and Brackenreid, as well as a few new ones. This was a very well-written story, and I was surprised that I didn't figure out who the murderer was before the big reveal.The author describes every scene in such detail that it is easy to envision each setting. The process of the investigation is written in a way that makes it easy to feel as though you are a part of the case, and the mystery is well laid out. I really enjoyed this novel and would recommend it to fans of turn-of-the-century mystery novels. I gave this book five stars out of five, and the image above is mine.
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  • leander
    5.0 out of 5 stars Don’t miss this one!
    Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2019
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    I am a great fan of William Murdoch. This is a great, somewhat dark story with well drawn characters and a fascinating and unusual story line.
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  • April Helmuth
    4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable read!
    Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2018
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    Well written. Well plotted. I recommend this instalment of the Murdoch mysteries. It is a bit different from the show but not in a bad way. We have yet to meet Dr Ogden and that's fine with me. Sometimes the show puts too much emphasis on the drama rather than the mystery. I prefer the mystery. Well paced. A good read.
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  • Miriam Blodgett
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great mystery with wonderful characters and a fascinating plot add up to a can't put it down story.
    Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2016
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    I loved this story and this is interesting since I saw the made for tv movie based on the book before I bought the book. There were differences between the two, but I have to say I liked the book a bit better than the tv movie. Jennings did such a great job of painting a picture of what late nineteenth century Toronto was like that I felt like I was there. Her characters were very real and Murdoch was drawn in a particularly sympathetic way. I really felt for him during the story. I like the way the author alternated between the narration, giving different points of view. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes mysteries set in the late nineteenth or early twentieth centuries.
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  • sharpspotter
    3.0 out of 5 stars TV series far surpasses the books
    Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2017
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    I'm taking the unusual step of also posting this review with the Murdoch Mysteries TV series.
    With regard to the book(s) I found the author's writing to be an attempt at describing Victorian Toronto somewhat forced and deliberate. True, she was accurate in her portrayals but there was a feeling of Nancy Drew writes a Victorian mystery novel, rated R.
    I am very impressed that the people who produced the TV show saw the potential in the books and loosely adapted them (style and character wise) to the series now in its, 13th, I believe season. The TV series is an absolute delight!!! The characters are cleverly and carefully drawn, the plots and sly references to the future clever, and the dialog superb... far, far better than the books. Usually it is the other way around, but not in this case. I found myself distraught when Julia leaves Toronto and gets married, thrilled and hopeful when she returns, and delighted when the two lovers are reunited and our hero is able to save her from the noose.... all this romantic drama cleverly woven into wonderful mystery after mystery .I wonder how the cast has fared. Surely after so many years together, virtually their whole careers, there must be some back stories I would love to hear .
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  • Kindle Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Not the television versions.
    Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2016
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    As a fan of 'The Artful Detective' and 'Murdoch Mysteries' on television, I thought I'd try the original. This was my second purchase in the series. I was initially disappointed there were only 7 books in this series, but I have no regrets so far. There are significant differences in the main characters as opposed to the television version, so if you were expecting the same type of humor and repartee that the Canadians have done so well with the TV programming, it's not present in the books (so far). That being said, assuming you are able to separate the two, the books are very well done. Character development is a little slow, but again, it's necessary to separate the two.
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  • Jo
    4.0 out of 5 stars A good read! I like how the author uses expressions ...
    Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2018
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    A good read! I like how the author uses expressions and language typical of the time and region depicted in the story. Only down side is that it is on the short side but I enjoyed it a lot, like I did for all other Murdoch stories by Jennings, this was the only one I had not read because for some reason my local library did not have it. I actually give it 4 1/2 stars.
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  • David B Bauer
    5.0 out of 5 stars fantasticc
    Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2024
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    my wife loves murdoch mysteries
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  • Linda Kelly
    5.0 out of 5 stars Riveting period piece murder mystery.
    Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2020
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    I loved Maureen Jennings style of writing. Her expertise of the period setting, the birth of the forensic evidence and criminal investigation techniques are riveting. The story unravels slowly and the characters are developed vividly. If you love historical mysteries and good sleuthing you will find it difficult to put this book down. If you are a lover of Sherlock Holmes you will find this mystery equal to the beloved stories of Conan Doyle.
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  • Susannah
    5.0 out of 5 stars I enjoyed it
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 14, 2012
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    I think this is one of my three favorites of the seven-book series, entirely because it was quite a short read and had an interesting murder mystery.

    I agree with another reviewer that these books are NOT in anyway like the TV series - in fact, you could change the characters' names and it could become at totally different series. That aside, these books are still BRILLIANT and I shall continue to read the rest.
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  • Allan R D Calvert
    5.0 out of 5 stars Under The Dragon's Tail
    Reviewed in Australia on October 16, 2016
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    A thoroughly enjoyable read. sixteen more words and another six teen more words that I am told is required to be written.
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  • brenda ritchie
    5.0 out of 5 stars Under the dragons tail book
    Reviewed in Canada on July 21, 2024
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    Another great Maureen Jennings Murdoch mystery book Always entertaining and a good mystery read
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  • Eunice
    4.0 out of 5 stars A Cosy Mystery
    Reviewed in Canada on May 29, 2015
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    Under the Dragon's Tail is disturbing given its graphic descriptions of the social ills of the times but a good "cosy" mystery

    in the Murdoch series. As usual the reader is presented with false leads butter conclusion is satisfying.
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  • paul lacter
    2.0 out of 5 stars Boredom from start to finish
    Reviewed in France on January 17, 2014
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    Maureen Jennings can't seem to decide if she's writing a social primer on nineteenth century Canada or a murder mystery. The social content overtakes the who-done-it and results in a book that doesn't go anywhere. I was most disappointed.
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