The Toronto Wellingtons, an ice hockey team, is having a successful season, but there are squabbles between some players. Two players in particular Eddie Driscoll, the star, and Archie Simpson, the captain, have a dust up in the dressing room which leaves Simpson bleeding from a head wound. Later he is found dead.
As soon as the investigation gets under way, we discovered that Driscoll is married to Lydia, an old flame of George Crabtree, while Doctor Grace was to have married another player, Jerome Bradley, five years previously, but called it off. The team owner, Langstone Wallace, may, according to rumours, be paying Driscoll to play, which would be against the amateur ethos of the sport, and could see the team expelled from competition.
The Wellingtons are due to meet the Montreal Shamrocks for the Stanley Cup, and Chief Constable Giles is reputedly the Wellingtons' biggest fan, so when he finds out what has happened, the pressure is on.
Dr Grace finds a second head injury to be the cause of death, so now the crime is murder, not manslaughter, as it first appeared. Her estimated time of death is at a time when many players are at the pub. Bradley begins stalking Dr Grace. Meanwhile, Driscoll goes after other women behind her back.
Secrets and lies abound, along with many petty jealousies. Most are red herrings, of course, but that's what Murdoch specialises in sorting out.
This is a good story, well played, and with the additional interest for hockey fans.
As soon as the investigation gets under way, we discovered that Driscoll is married to Lydia, an old flame of George Crabtree, while Doctor Grace was to have married another player, Jerome Bradley, five years previously, but called it off. The team owner, Langstone Wallace, may, according to rumours, be paying Driscoll to play, which would be against the amateur ethos of the sport, and could see the team expelled from competition.
The Wellingtons are due to meet the Montreal Shamrocks for the Stanley Cup, and Chief Constable Giles is reputedly the Wellingtons' biggest fan, so when he finds out what has happened, the pressure is on.
Dr Grace finds a second head injury to be the cause of death, so now the crime is murder, not manslaughter, as it first appeared. Her estimated time of death is at a time when many players are at the pub. Bradley begins stalking Dr Grace. Meanwhile, Driscoll goes after other women behind her back.
Secrets and lies abound, along with many petty jealousies. Most are red herrings, of course, but that's what Murdoch specialises in sorting out.
This is a good story, well played, and with the additional interest for hockey fans.
