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| Except the Dying (novel) | |
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| Number | 1 of 7 |
| Published | 1997 |
| Written by | Maureen Jennings |
| ISBN | 978-0312168292 |
| Next | Under the Dragon's Tail |
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.
Summary[]
Prologue[]
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[]
Epilogue[]
Trivia[]
- The novel's title is taken from a line in the Emily Dickinson poem "The Last Night That She Lived."
Gallery[]
McClelland & Stewart, 2004
McClelland & Stewart, 2010
McClelland & Stewart, 2012
Characters[]
Main[]
- William Murdoch
- George Crabtree
- Thomas Brackenreid
- Therese Laporte
- Alice Black
- Bernadette Weston
- Beatrice Kitchen
- Arthur Kitchen
- Donalda Rhodes
- Cyril Rhodes
- Harriet Shepcote
- Owen Rhodes
Secondary[]
- Edith Foy
- John Foy
- Joe Seaton
- Chief Constable Grasett
- Constable Richmond
- Mr. Driscoll
- Mr. Wiggins
- James McCay
- Oliver Wicken
- Arthur Johnson
- Godfrey Shepcote
- George Canning
- John Tinney
- Elizabeth Milner
- Samuel Quinn
- Webster
- Constable Cavendish
- Sergeant Seymour
- Robert D. Moffat
- Leticia Wright
- Mathilda Kleiser
- Charles Elrod
- Maria Jenkins
Mentioned[]
- Father Alphonse
- Father Corbiere
- Mansfield Otranto
- Father Fair
- May Brogan
- Marianne
- John Jarvis
- Tim Black
References[]
- Catholicism
- The John O'Neil
- Dominion Brewery
- Bertillonage
- St. Paul's Church
- Union Hotel
- Chatham
- Barnardo Homes
- Peterborough
- City Morgue
- Henry Stanley
- Consumption
- Station House Four
- Singer Bicycle
- Ideal Bicycle
- Queen Victoria
- Yeoman Club
- County Cork
- Orangeman
- Jane Eyre
- Farrance and Jenkinson
- Eaton's
- Bluebell
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