Actual Rating 2.5Way too light a read for my liking. All characters are caricatures and all events fit way too neatly and obviously into the puzzle to resolve the mystery.Written well enough to keep me reading. The additional .5 I give for the potential of the mystery too bad it was so badly execute...
Phryne Fisher (the Honourable!) is tiring of London and decides to try her way as a detective in Melbourne Australia. She ends up investigating a poisoned wife, cocaine, smuggling and a lot of interesting things and period events. The author has evidently done her research. The characters come ...
"To Phryne Fisher," declares a character at the end of the novel. "May she continue to be an example to us all!" Hear, hear! Conceived as a crime-solving female James Bond, Phryne is a free-wheeling flapper in 1920s Melbourne who takes on what she considers to be a small mystery as a sort of lark, a...
Phryne Fisher (the Honourable!) is tiring of London and decides to try her way as a detective in Melbourne Australia. She ends up investigating a poisoned wife, cocaine, smuggling and a lot of interesting things and period events.The author has evidently done her research. The characters come across...
Once an impoverished hellion, Phryne Fisher inherited a life of wealth and privilege when the Great War killed a number of her relatives. Now a titled young woman with money and free time to spare, Phryne turns her jaded eyes toward detective work. In this, her first book, she investigates a rapis...
And another entry for the 'Yes but'-shelf. I found the crime-part very well plotted and not at all predictable. However *goes to built a wall because now people will want to throw stones at me* I did have some issues with Phryne. I did like her but there were moments when she came over as a bit Sue-...
4 stars because it was the perfect first day of spring/summer reading outside in the sun on a Saturday kinda of book. More realistically, it's a solid 3 stars. This is Phryne Fisher's bow and it starts with a bang. Kerry Greenwood manages to introduce the ensemble cast of supporting characters to Mi...
I have been tardy these last few days. Mostly since I'm consumed by The Hunger Games and Fringe fandom. Oh well, this is the first book of the Murder Mysteries series of Honourable Miss Fisher. Honestly, this may sound like complete bias but I adore the tv series's Essie Davis more than the book. LO...
Originally posted at Nose in a BookI am in the middle of a love affair with all things post World War I, pre World War II. It has nothing to do with the fact I was a history major and has everything to do with Downton Abbey. THANKS LAUREN. Because of my love affair with Downton Abbey and a recommend...
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