- Detective Murdoch is called out to a remote house when one of the guests, Jacob Oliver, is murdered. There he finds Dr. Grace who was also a guest in the house. It's quickly apparent to Murdoch that something is wrong and he finally learns the truth: everyone there was playing cards to see who would have the privilege to die. Dr. Grace and her friends have been seeking to glimpse the afterlife by inducing death and then bringing the person back to life. There is no doubt one of the card players was killed however - he has a piece of metal in his throat. Back at the station, Inspector Brackenreid and Constable Crabtree are guarding Ned Watts, a man who has agreed to give evidence against the notorious killer known as Randolph the Razor. It's not going to be a quiet evening.—garykmcd
- When the lights go out during a storm at the end of a faro game in an isolated inn, the winning player has his throat cut. When Murdoch is called in, he's shocked to see that Dr. Grace was a player in the game and a potential witness to the murder.—duke1029
- Murdoch finds Jacob Oliver, one of a select group of medical professionals and regular guests at a remote inn, died from what turns out a series of experiments, selecting each victim by faro cards game, to induce a state of clinical death, long enough to study the aftermath experience, this time failing to revive the young man timely. Dr. Grace is a member and must perform the autopsy there an then, the ferry being blocked by storm damage, finding fatal metal in his throat: murder by one of the club, so William must dig for hidden motives like jealousy. Meanwhile Brackenreid reluctantly accepts to guard Ned Watts, the reluctant crown witness against never-identified, lethal master criminal Randolph the Razor, whom Crabtree fears may have gained access seeing storm shelter in near-abandoned police station.—KGF Vissers
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