I first discovered these stories on Ovation Channel under the name The Artful Detective. Now they are simply Murdoch Mysteries. These are procedurals set in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Think about how little detectives had then to help in comparison to what they have now. In these, we follow Murdoch as he solves crimes using his observations (not as much like Sherlock Holmes, but rather of behavior and reactions.) I enjoyed this one more than I did the first (this is the second), I think because it dealt sensitively with women's issues. Of course, woman author.
Now I have started Dead Matter, by Anton Strout, the third of his Simon Canderas books. Simon works with the Department of Extraordinary Affairs in New York City. He has a special talent to see a thing's history by touch. With people, he also can see their thoughts. He wears gloves all the time....except while working. The books are tongue-in-cheek humor with lots of action. So far Simon has encountered a huge daemon in a grocery store and a hoard of murderous ghosts in a graveyard and I am only on page 40.
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