Murder in Montparnasse (Phryne Fisher, #12)
1918: Seven Australian soldiers on leave in Paris were unknowing witnesses to a murder. 1928: Two of the seven are dead under suspicious circumstances and their comrades, fearing for their own lives, call on services of the Honorable Phryne Fisher. She, too, was in Montparnasse that day,...
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1918: Seven Australian soldiers on leave in Paris were unknowing witnesses to a murder.
1928: Two of the seven are dead under suspicious circumstances and their comrades, fearing for their own lives, call on services of the Honorable Phryne Fisher. She, too, was in Montparnasse that day, driving an ambulance, and knows something of the effect the Great War had on men.
“A most charming, sexy, independent, and candid heroine; clever, literate dialog and closely woven plotting will win immediate fans.” —Rex E. Klett, Library Journal
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Format: kindle
ASIN: B006ZBXEEW
Publish date: 2012-01-17
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
Pages no: 267
Edition language: English
Category:
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Adult,
Mystery,
Historical Mystery,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
France,
Cozy Mystery,
Australia
Series: Phryne Fisher (#12)
Phryne's past in Paris comes back to haunt her and she has to deal with an evil she thought she had left behind.
A paen to food and France, now with bonus respectful threesome negotiations. I remain a fan.
This was one of the best Phryne adventures so far. I really enjoyed the bit of Phryne's background. The mystery itself was relatively easy to figure out and I had the killer pegged as soon as he was introduced, but as that mystery was not the real focus of the story it was not such a bad thing. E...
Phryne's memories of gay Paris have come back to bite her shapely bottom.
Still fairy floss. I wish Lin Chung was more interesting. I wish Lin Chung was interesting at all. Everyone is about how they allow Phryne to be something. I wish Lin Chung was about more than how Phryne can command the sexual attention of the prettiest man. That said, detective stories are very mor...
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