Except the Dying (Detective Murdoch, #1)

In the cold Toronto winter of 1895, the naked body of a young servant girl is found frozen in a deserted laneway, and Detective William Murdoch soon discovers that many of those connected to the simple country girl's life have secrets to hide. The biggest surprise, however, is that the innocent victim was pregnant. Was her death an attempt to cover up a scandal in one of the city's influential families? Murdoch's investigation takes him from brothel to drawing room as he attempts to unravel the clues to her death.