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Brief overview
- Poor Tom Is Cold is a novel in the Murdoch Mysteries universe by Maureen Jennings, featuring Detective William Murdoch investigating the apparent suicide of Constable Oliver Wicken, with hints of deeper provincial-city crime and social issues of late-Victorian Toronto.[3][4][6]
- The plot centers on Murdoch’s suspicion that Wicken’s death was not suicide and his subsequent pursuit of the truth, all while navigating personal memories and ethical dilemmas.[4][6][3]
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Poor Tom Is Cold — Jennings, Maureen — A police constable named Oliver Wicken has apparently committed suicide, leaving his mother and his invalid sister to fend for themselves. The evidence, according to the coroner, is irrefutable. Wicken was shot in the temple with his own revolver and a farewell note has been found beside his body. But new and disturbing evidence is brought to light that leads Detective Murdoch to suspect that the suicide was not what it seemed. Whether describing a tooth...
hpl.bibliocommons.comYou may also be looking for the book of the same name This is the film version of the book and not part of the Murdoch Mystery TV series. Constable Oliver Wicken (Philip Graeme) is found dead, in the basement of an abandoned house, shot through the head. While the rest of the police department believes he committed suicide, William Murdoch (Peter Outerbridge) thinks otherwise and sets out to prove that his friend and protégé was murdered. While investigating Wicken's death, Murdoch comes...
murdochmysteries.fandom.comA woman's evil stepchildren plot to lock her away in a …
www.goodreads.comA police constable named Oliver Wicken has apparently committed suicide, leaving his mother and his invalid sister to fend for themselves. The evidence, according to the coroner, is irrefutable. Wicken was shot in the temple with his own revolver and a farewell note has been found beside his body. ...
www.abebooks.compain, exchanges banter with Gardiner and another officer, Ed Hales, who soon delivers unsettling news: a young constable, Wicken, is missing from his beat. This news stirs a sense of urgency in Murdoch, who decides to investigate. As he sets off to find Wicken, Murdoch recalls the … atmosphere. Injury Details Johnson examines Wicken's gunshot wound, and the jury is conflicted, some questioning the circumstances of his death. Key Discovery A farewell note from Wicken suggesting suicidal...
cdn.bookey.appWhen Constable Oliver Wicken, of Toronto’s number four station, doesn’t appear at his late-night check point, acting detective William Murdoch goes looking for him, and all too soon discovers his body inside an abandoned house along his beat. The boy’s been shot, the gun jammed between his legs; a note in his pocket reads, “LIFE IS UNBEARABLE WITHOUT YOUR LOVE. FORGIVE ME.” Arthur Johnson, the imperious coroner, needs no further evidence to rule the death a suicide, especially when Mary Ann...
www.kirkusreviews.comIn this third adventure featuring the lovable detective William Murdoch, he becomes involved with the apparent suicide of Constable Oliver Wicken ? a man who was the sole support of his mother and invalid sister. But further investigation by Detective Murdoch takes him far afield and he begins to ...
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