This book is good. Nothing earth-shattering about it but the writing is solid and the story is interesting. An interesting look at Melbourne, Australia in the 1920s and some eye-opening social commentary. Entertaining. I'll be reading more Phryne Fisher tales but not right away.
Great Book. I saw the tv show and decided I wanted to read the series. I have only read 2 of them but look forward to reading the rest. Good characters and a good plot.
Phryn Fisher goes from poverty to wealth when inheritances give her enough money to do whatever she wants to do and go wherever whe wants to go. All of it outrageously. Tiring of the activities appropriate in her current life she heads for Australia at the request of parents worried about their daugther and fear that her husband is at fault.
Once there she becomes involved in searching for an abortionist who takes money from troubled women, does the job brutally and dumps the patients wherever. In this short book, she also succumbs to the charms of a "beautiful" young Russian dancer and the two search for a drug kingpin in their amateur ways. It's all too unrealistic. How it became a television series based on twenty, yes twenty of this stories, is beyond me. It seems that a group of other readers disagree with me. When I though it would give it a read, I found the book no better than the television series. Jisjointed and the heroine? Well, it's enough to say this is not a series I will pursue any time soon.
Once there she becomes involved in searching for an abortionist who takes money from troubled women, does the job brutally and dumps the patients wherever. In this short book, she also succumbs to the charms of a "beautiful" young Russian dancer and the two search for a drug kingpin in their amateur ways. It's all too unrealistic. How it became a television series based on twenty, yes twenty of this stories, is beyond me. It seems that a group of other readers disagree with me. When I though it would give it a read, I found the book no better than the television series. Jisjointed and the heroine? Well, it's enough to say this is not a series I will pursue any time soon.
