Forensic sleuthing in the age of invention.
A Victorian-era Toronto detective uses then-cutting edge forensic techniques to solve crimes, with the assistance of a female coroner who is also struggling for recognition in the face of tradition, based on the books by Maureen Jennings.

Murdoch finds mystery author Nigella Fletcher awaiting execution in Malta for murdering her husband and questions the seemingly open and shut case.

Three French priests are found murdered in a hotel and Murdoch must find out who they were protecting with their lives before it is too late.

Murdoch spars with Jack Johnson, the first black Heavyweight Champ of the World, when the boxer is implicated in the death of a man in his entourage.
When the garçon de cuisine is found dead in the walk-in refrigerator of a fancy restaurant, Murdoch must uncover the bad egg in the kitchen.
Murdoch investigates a unhappy kidnapping of a businessman but begins to suspect the victim might not be as innocent as he seems.
Murdoch investigates accidental passings of train crash survivors– are they meeting a fate they eluded or is someone picking them off one by one?
Murdoch investigates when Tango's brightest star is extinguished with a knife to her back.
Constable Higgins questions his wonderful life when a careless mistake leads to the theft of everyone's Christmas wages.