Murdock comes across a made-to-scale diorama of a cul-de-sac Toronto street replete with miniature residents and discovers evidence that at murder took place there.
Up from Ashes- Murdoch is in trouble. He is accused of murder, and he must prove his innocence. Julia is kidnapped, there is a new chief from the UK, friends gather, and there is a surprise.
As New Year's Eve and a new century approach, a seemingly unbalanced man who claims to have visited the future in a time machine prevents an accident and murder that he knew were going to happen.
During the renovation of the police station, the body of a long-missing constable is discovered in the foundation which leads Murdoch to investigate that station's veterans' past and the gay community of that time.
Murdoch finds himself an amnesiac in Britain with professional killers trying to find out what he knows about an upcoming assassination but he can't remember.
During a hunt for a killer who collects macabre trophies, Murdoch becomes a target. Meanwhile, Crabtree discovers the recently returned formerly presumed dead husband of his love is an abusive brute.