It's the end of the roaring twenties, and the exuberant Phyrne Fisher is dancing and gaming with gay abandon. Bored by the endless round of parties and in search of excitement, she sets her sights on a spot of detective work in...

In the second instalment of Lynne Truss's joyfully quirky crime series, our trio of detectives must investigate the murder of a hapless romantic; an aristocratic con man on the prowl; and a dodgy Brighton nightspot...