Before Yannick Bisson's incarnation of Detective William Murdoch, there were three made-for-TV movies adapted from the novels of Maureen Jennings starring Peter Outerbridge. In this first outing, the body of a prostitute is found, murdered in a back alley. As Murdoch digs deeper into the death, he discovers that there is something sinister going on and that the young girl was actually a housemaid for a very rich and prominent family. Also starring Colm Meaney as Inspector Brackenreid and Keeley Hawes as Dr Julia Ogden.