Murder On The Ballarat Train
ISBN:
9780869142752 (0869142755)
Edition language: English
Category:
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Adult,
Mystery,
Detective,
Historical Mystery,
Crime,
Cozy Mystery,
Australia,
Fiction,
Historical
Series: Phryne Fisher (#3)
My husband has family in Ballarat and I have been there several times. I thought it would be pretty cool to read Greenwood’s 1920’s version of the city, so imagine my mild chagrin when not a single piece of the action took place there. It’s not the book’s fault; I played myself. “The Ballarat Train”...
Series: Phryne Fisher #3 And here we have another fun installment in the Phryne Fisher mystery series. This time around the murder seemed a little more thought out, and some of objections to plot twists that I had were smoothed over by explanations later on. I still think it’s a really unlikely wa...
bookshelves: series, autumn-2012, cosy, mystery-thriller, fraudio, published-1991, shortstory-shortstories-novellas, tbr-busting-2012 Read on September 12, 2012 #3. Murder On The Ballarat Train (1991). [4 hrs 51 mins]blurb - When the 1920s' most glamorous lady detective, the Honourable Miss Phry...
If only I could have a stack of all the Phyrne Fisher books, placed right beside my bed, with a cocktail easily to hand, so that as soon as I finished the one book I could pick up the next with barely a breath between.As a side note, these books are a prime example of the female gaze: Phryne spends ...
#3. Murder On The Ballarat Train (1991). [4 hrs 51 mins]blurb - When the 1920s' most glamorous lady detective, the Honourable Miss Phryne Fisher, arranges to go to Ballarat for the week, she eschews the excitement of her red Hispano-Suiza racing car for the sedate safety of the train. The last thing...