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"In 1910 Toronto, while other bachelor girls perfect their domestic skills and find husbands, two friends perfect their sleuthing skills and find a murderer. Inspired by their fascination with all things Sherlock Holmes, best friends and flatmates Merinda and Jem launch a consulting detective business. The deaths of young Irish women lead Merinda and Jem deeper into the mire of the city's underbelly, where the high hopes of those dreaming to make...
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Toronto, 1914. Merinda Herringford and Jem Watts never could have imagined their crime-solving skills would set them up as emblems of female empowerment in a city preparing to enter World War I. Yet a war measure adopted by the mayor puts a target on Jem and her Italian husband, Ray DeLuca. In spite of these distractions, they join with other honorable and courageous cit leaders in the Cartier Club, which exists to aid newly arrived residents of Toronto....
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"The legacy of Sherlock Holmes is alive and well in 1912 Canada, where best friends Merinda Herringford and Jem Watts continue to develop their skills as consulting detectives. Toronto has been thrown into upheaval by the arrival of radical anarchist Emma Goldman. Amid the chaos, Benny Citrone of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police arrives at Merinda and Jem's flat, requesting assistance in locating his runaway cousin--a man with a deadly talent....