The first of Phryne's adventures from Australia's most elegant and irrepressible sleuth.
The London season is in full fling at the end of the 1920s, but the Honourable Phryne Fisher - she of the green-grey eyes, diamant
garters and outfits that should not be sprung suddenly on those of nervous dispositions - is rapidly tiring of the tedium of arranging flowers, making polite conversations with retired colonels, and dancing with weak-chinned men. Instead, Phryne decides it might be rather amusing to try her hand at being a lady detective in Melbourne, Australia.
Almost immediately from the time she books into the Windsor Hotel, Phryne is embroiled in mystery: poisoned wives, cocaine smuggling rings, corrupt cops and communism - not to mention erotic encounters with the beautiful Russian dancer, Sasha de Lisse - until her adventure reaches its steamy end in the Turkish baths of Little Lonsdale Street.
With Phryne Fisher, the indefatigable Greenwood has invented the character-you-fall-in-love-with genre.' The Australian
By:
Kerry Greenwood Imprint: Allen & Unwin Country of Publication: Australia Edition: Re-issue Volume: No. 1 Dimensions:
Height: 195mm,
Width: 130mm,
Spine: 16mm
Weight: 190g ISBN:9781741145663 ISBN 10: 174114566X Series:Phryne Fisher Mysteries Pages: 204 Publication Date:01 June 2005 Recommended Age: From Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Winner of Ned Kelly Lifetime Achievement Award 2003 (Australia)
Winner of Sisters in Crime Lifetime Achievement Award 2013 (Australia)
