Kerry Greenwood

Bored socialite Phryne Fisher leaves the tedium of the London season for adventure in Australia! Tea-dances in West End hotels, weekends in the country with guns and dogs... Phryne Fisher - she of the grey-green eyes and diamante garters - is rapidly tiring of the boredom of chit-chatting with retired colonels and foxtrotting with weak-chinned wonders. Instead, Phryne decides it might be amusing to try her hand at being a lady detective - on the other side of the world! As soon as she books into the Windsor Hotel in Melbourne, Phryne is embroiled in mystery: poisoned wives, drug smuggling rings and corrupt cops... not to mention erotic encounters with beautiful Russian ballet star Sasha de Lisse; England's green and pleasant land just can't compete with these new, exotic pleasures!

Miss Phryne Fisher Investigates

Sarah Escorsa

This is the third Phryne Fisher mystery I read (I like to read my series in total disorder!) and although it was entertaining enough, I can’t say it was my favourite. It is enjoyable as it introduces the characters and setting for instalments to come but the mystery in itself is quite disappointing and the book a bit uneventful. I’m actually glad I didn’t read this instalment first as I am not sure I would have found it engaging enough to keep reading other books in the series.

Interestingly enough, the instalment I enjoyed most so far is one I listened to in audio format. The narrator (Stephanie Daniel) is excellent and really makes the story come alive. In comparison, the other books I have read in this series seem a bit dull. I guess I will have to give another one a try to find out if it also applies to the rest of the series :)

Miss Phryne Fisher Investigates

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