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On holiday in Sydney, Phryne searches for her maid’s missing sister and investigates a break-in of a university dean’s safe.
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The circus is in town, and St. Kilda is having its first Flower Festival. After one of her flower maidens vanishes, Phryne investigates the underworld with the help of Bert…
The devastating Phryne Fisher is under fire again in her fourth mystery.
Baker-turned-sleuth Corinna Chapman has no intention of doing any more investigative work until it appears that someone wants Heavenly Pleasures, her friend’s chocolate shop, to fail.
The fabulous Phryne - the 1920s’ most elegant and irrepressible sleuth - returns for her seventeenth adventure investigating the death of a man at St Kilda while at the same…
The author of the Phryne Fisher mysteries is back with a delightful new heroine, Corinna Chapman, owner of a Melbourne, Australia, bakery, who finds herself tagging along with Daniel on…
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The redoubtable Phryne Fisher is holidaying at Cave House, a Gothic mansion in the heart of Australias Victorian mountain country. But the peaceful surroundings mask danger. Her host is receiving…
First edition 2004, reprinted 2017 –Title page verso.
Electra, daughter of the doomed house of Atreus, takes it upon herself to revenge her mother’s murder of her beloved father, Agamemnon. As she travels the length of Ancient Greece…
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Originally published in 2021 in Australia by Allen & Unwin –Copyright page.
A succession of jewelry thefts from the first-class passengers is hardly the best advertisement for a cruise line. Especially when it is likely that a passenger is the thief. Phryne…
Phryne Fisher, intelligent, brave and stunningly chic, is back in this most entertaining mystery. With a brand new stylish 1920s cover, this seventh Phryne Fisher murder mystery is superb.
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Put the delectable Phryne Fisher and one of the more preposterous Gilbert + Sullivan shows on stage together the result is another fantastic read of 1920s life, crime and dresses.
The sassy Phryne Fisher comes to Sydney! This is the tenth, classic Phryne Fisher mystery.
The owner of Heavenly Pleasures (maker of the most gorgeous chocolates in town) is distraught. Someone is spiking her very expensive chocolates. Is it an elaborate and horrible joke, or…
When a series of blond, pregnant teens go missing from the Magdalene Laundry in 1929 Melbourne and a pushy woman reporter disappears while investigating, Phryne and Dot uncover a dark…
Dancing divinely through the murder and mayhem of her fifth adventure, the elegant Phryne Fisher remains unflappable. Gorgeous in her sparkling lobelia - coloured georgette dress, delighted by her dancing…
What links can Phryne Fisher find between the ridiculously entertaining plot of Ruddigore, the Chinese community of Little Bourke Street, the actors treading the boards of His Majesty’s Theatre, and…
In investigating the poisoning of a young man in a bookshop at the Eastern Market, and the wrongful arrest of one Miss Sylvia Lee, Phryne Fisher is plunged into a…
Phryne Fisher must save the attendants of 1928’s most stylish party from murder in this Australian caper.
The first four novels in the Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries series are now available for a limited time in a specially-priced bundle. Unflappable, unconventional, and uninhibited, the Honourable Phryne Fisher…
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: TV tie-in Editions Popular PBS TV Series streaming now on NETFLIX Immerse yourself in the opulent, exciting and sometimes dangerous world of Australia’s leading lady-Det. Phryne…
Originally published: Ringwood, Vic., Australia: Penguin, 1996.
Miss Fisher’s murder mysteries –Cover.
Originally published in 2018 in Australia by Allen & Unwin –Copyright page.
Australian flapper Phryne Fisher avenges the death of a young man who dies in her arms after she and her car are shot at by two men. Although Phryne and…
First U.S. trade paperback edition 2010 –Title page verso.
The London season is in full fling at the end of the 1920s, and the Honourable Phryne Fisher decides it might be rather amusing to try her hand at being…
A famous author and illustrator has died in mysterious circumstances. Phryne Fisher has been asked to investigate and gets a job at the magazine that employed the victim. As the…
Astute, suave and divine, Phryne Fisher moves at flashing pace through this thrilling sixth adventure.The Honourable Miss Phryne Fisher is feeling dull. But is she bored enough to leave her…
The seventeenth book in a series of delightful and adventurous cosy crime tales featuring the glamorous and feisty Phryne Fisher.
Eighteenth Dynasty Egypt is peaceful and prosperous under the dual rule of the Pharaohs Amenhotep III and IV, until the younger Pharaoh begins to dream new and terrifying dreams. Ptah…
Phryne has an invitation to the Last Best Party of 1928, a four-day extravaganza, and she promptly decides to accept. It all seems like good clean fun until three people…
Intrepid baker and erstwhile investigator Corinna Chapman returns triumphantly in her first adventure in seven years.
The elegant Miss Phryne Fisher returns in this scintillating collection, which features four brand-new stories.
The utterly delightful Phryne Fisher makes her very welcome appearance as St Kilda’s Queen of the Flowers. But when a body washes up on the beach, she must leave the…
To the accompaniment of heavenly choirs singing, the fearless Miss Phryne Fisher returns in her 20th adventure with musical score in hand.
The gloriously unflappable Miss Phryne Fisher returns in this deadly treasure hunt. Travelling at high speed in her beloved Hispano - Suiza accompanied by her maid and trusted companion Dot…
The Hon. Phryne Fisher, languid and slightly bored at the start of 1929, is engaged to find out if the antique-shop-owning son of a Pre-Raphaelite model has died by homicide…