Phryne Fisher's fifth mystery intrigues with excitement, glamour, murder, dance halls and blackmail.

Dancing divinely through the murder and mayhem of her fifth adventure, the elegant Phryne Fisher remains unflappable.

Gorgeous in her sparkling lobelia-coloured georgette dress, delighted by her dancing skill, pleased with her partner and warmed by the admiring regard of the banjo player, Miss Phryne Fisher had thought of tonight as a promising evening at the hottest dancehall in town, the Green Mill.

But that was before death broke in. In jazz-mad 1920s Melbourne, Phryne finds there are hidden perils in dancing the night away like murder, blackmail and young men who vanish.

Phryne Fisher's fifth adventure leads to smoke-filled clubs, a dashingly handsome band leader, some fancy flying indeed across the Australian Alps and a most unexpected tryst with a gentle stranger.

Author

Kerry Greenwood

Kerry Greenwood was born in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray and after wandering far and wide, she returned to live there. She has a degree in English and Law from Melbourne University and was admitted to the legal profession on the 1st April 1982, a day which she finds both soothing and significant. Kerry has written twenty novels, a number of plays, including The Troubadours with Stephen D'Arcy, is an award-winning children's writer and has edited and contributed to several anthologies. In 1996 she published a book of essays on female murderers called Things She Loves: Why women Kill. The Phryne Fisher series (pronounced Fry-knee, to rhyme with briny) began in 1989 with Cocaine Blues which was a great success. Kerry has written fifteen books in this series with no sign yet of Miss Fisher hanging up her pearl-handled pistol. Kerry says that as long as people want to read them, she can keep writing them. Kerry Greenwood has worked as a folk singer, factory hand, director, producer, translator, costume-maker, cook and is currently a solicitor. When she is not writing, she works as a locum solicitor for the Victorian Legal Aid. She is also the unpaid curator of seven thousand books, three cats (Attila, Belladonna and Ashe) and a computer called Apple (which squeaks). She embroiders very well but cannot knit. She has flown planes and leapt out of them (with a parachute) in an attempt to cure her fear of heights (she is now terrified of jumping out of planes but can climb ladders without fear). She can detect second-hand bookshops from blocks away and is often found within them. For fun Kerry reads science fiction/fantasy and detective stories. She is not married, has no children and lives with a registered wizard. When she is not doing any of the above she stares blankly out of the window.

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Series: Corinna Chapman

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2019
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2007
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Series: Phyrne Fisher

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1991

Series: Sherlock Holmes

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Thursday, March 22, 2018
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Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Review MURDER AND MENDELSSOHN, Kerry Greenwood
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Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Blog CR - Murder and Mendelssohn, Kerry Greenwood
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Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Review IF I TELL YOU... I'LL HAVE TO KILL YOU - Michael Robotham (editor)
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013
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Thursday, July 11, 2013
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Thursday, March 21, 2013
Review TAMAM SHUD - THE SOMERTON MAN MYSTERY - Kerry Greenwood
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Blog CR - Tamam Shud, Kerry Greenwood
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Monday, February 25, 2013
Review UNNATURAL HABITS - Kerry Greenwood
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Blog CR - Unnatural Habits, Kerry Greenwood
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Monday, January 14, 2013
Review COCAINE BLUES - Kerry Greenwood
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Monday, January 30, 2012
Blog Currently Reading - Cocaine Blues, Kerry Greenwood
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
Review DEAD MAN'S CHEST - Kerry Greenwood
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Review OUT OF THE BLACK LAND - Kerry Greenwood
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Friday, January 7, 2011
Blog Currently Reading - Out of the Black Land, Kerry Greenwood
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Monday, November 22, 2010
Review CROSSTOWN TRAFFIC, edited by Stuart Coupe, Julie Ogden & Robert Hood
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Blog Added to MtTBR - Crosstown Traffic Robert Hood, Spies, Lies & Watching Eyes Melissa Chan and Case Reopened Stuart Coupe
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Thursday, July 29, 2010
Review FORBIDDEN FRUIT, Kerry Greenwood
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Blog Currently Reading - Forbidden Fruit, Kerry Greenwood
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Review MURDER ON A MIDSUMMER NIGHT - Kerry Greenwood
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Friday, August 21, 2009
Blog Currently Reading - Murder on a Midsummer Night, Kerry Greenwood
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Saturday, August 15, 2009
Review MEANER THAN FICTION - Lindy Cameron (ed)
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Blog Currently Reading - Meaner than Fiction, Lindy Cameron
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Review MURDER ON A MIDSUMMER NIGHT - Kerry Greenwood
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Saturday, November 1, 2008
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Friday, October 31, 2008
Review SHADOW ALLEY - Lucy Sussex
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Monday, September 17, 2007
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