- The affluent and influential young man who recently replaced one of the rowers for the 1896 Olympic rowing team is found drowned in the river.
- Det. Murdoch and Dr. Ogden investigate the death of Richard Hartley a member of the men's eight rowing team at the prestigious, and snobbish, King's Rowing Club. Hartley was a newly appointed member of the team, having displaced Horace Briggs, a blue collar working man who was not of the same class as the others. Murdoch learns that Hartley had recently had an argument with his coach, Hamilton Kane. To complicate matters, the Hartley's are a prestigious Toronto family with a great deal of influence. The autopsy reveals that he drowned, but had also been beaten. Using a new-fangled lie-detecting device and analyzing the content of his lungs provides Murdoch with the clues he needs to solve the case.—garykmcd
- Murdoch finds Ogden's social connections as useful as her forensic skills to investigate the apparent drowning of bankers' son Richard Hartley, engaged to fellow socialite Minerva Fairchild. He wears the scanty uniform of Toronto's prestigious King's country club rowing team of eight, which aims at Olympic participation. They soon find Richard's massive bruises result from ore beating, probably hazing as he recently joined. First suspect is gardener Horace Briggs, the most talented rower, whose spot the silver spoon stole. Inspector Brackenreid enjoys jailing the posh team and trying on team Murdoch's latest toy, a primitive lie detector. Digging deeper reveals multiple motives and violence phases.—KGF Vissers
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