Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2010. — 874 p. — (Detective Murdoch, #1) — eISBN: 978-0-7710-4320-8.
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.