Murdoch is assisted by Constable George Crabtree ( Jonny Harris) and Doctor Julia Ogden ( Hélène Joy), The Coroner. The series centers around William Murdoch ( Yannick Bisson), a detective in the Toronto constabulary with an interest in using then-unorthodox/unknown forensic techniques for catching criminals. Murdoch Mysteries is a Canadian detective series set in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Toronto, based on a series of novels by Maureen Jennings.
