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Murder on the Ballarat Train (Phryne Fisher Mysteries)

by Kerry Greenwood

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

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 she expects is to have to use her trusty Beretta .32 to save lives. As the passengers sleep, they are poisoned with chloroform.

Phryne is left to piece together the clues after this restful country sojourn turns into the stuff of nightmares: a young girl who can't remember anything, rumors of white slavery and black magic, and the body of an old woman missing her emerald rings. Then there is the rowing team and the choristers, all deliciously engaging young men. At first they seem like a pleasant diversion....

Review:

"On the train to Ballarat, 1920s Australian feminist flapper and private investigator Phryne Fisher (Flying Too High) wakes up to the smell of chloroform. She saves all her fellow passengers, except an old, cantankerous woman whose body is found at the side of the train tracks. While investigating the murder for the woman's daughter, Phryne also takes in an amnesiac waif on the train who has no knowledge of why she is traveling in the opposite direction of her ticket. Compared with other mysteries, Greenwood's stories are brief, but she holds her own, writing

well-thought-out plots starring the intelligent, sexy, liberated, and wealthy Phryne. Greenwood lives in Melbourne, Australia." --Library Journal

Synopsis:

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 she expects is to have to use her trusty Beretta .32 to save lives.

About the Author

Kerry Greenwood is the author of 38 novels and six non-fiction books. Among her many honors, Greenwood has received the Ned Kelly Lifetime Achievement Award from the Crime Writers' Association of Australia. Other mysteries in the Phryne Fisher series available from Poisoned Pen Press are Murder in Montparnasse, Cocaine Blues, Away with the Fairies, Ruddy Gore, and Urn Burial. Greenwood is also the author of several books for young adults and the Delphic Women series.

Product Details

ISBN:
9781590582411
Author:
Greenwood, Kerry
Publisher:
Poisoned Pen Press
Subject:
Murder
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths
Subject:
Women detectives
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - Historical
Subject:
Mystery; Fiction; Historical; Amateur detective; Phryne Fisher - fictional character; Australia; Twentieth Century - post-world War 1; Newspapers;choral music;rowing;sensational fiction
Subject:
Australia
Subject:
Mystery fiction
Subject:
Melbourne (Vic.)
Edition Description:
Hardcover
Series:
Phryne Fisher Mysteries
Publication Date:
October 2006
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Pages:
151
Dimensions:
8.5 x 5.5 in

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