Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

The Honourable Miss Phryne Fisher disembarks the Orient at Victoria Dock, returning to Melbourne after years abroad. Almost as soon as she checks into the Windsor Hotel, Phryne is embroiled in mystery: poisoned husbands, cocaine smuggling rings and illegal abortionists. Her adventure reaches its steamy end in the Turkish Bath Palace off Little Lonsdale Street.

Fisher decides to travel to the country by train to collect her new Hispano-Suiza motor car. Phryne unexpectedly has to use her trusty pearl-handled pistol to save a young woman’s life and solve the disappearance of her fellow passenger’s mother. Her train trip derailed by a gruesome murder, Phryne speeds home where she works through the clues until she discovers her unassuming murderer.

Phryne had thought she would dance the night away at the hottest dancehall in town, the Green Mill. That was before death spoiled the evening. In jazz-mad 1920s Melbourne, Phryne finds there are hidden perils lurking in the smoky shadows – like a mystery man from her past – and it takes all her ingenuity, and her rusty flying skills, to unravel the trail of blackmail and murder.

A young man with a blue tattoo lies cradled in Phryne’s arms. Sadly, it’s not another scene of glorious seduction. This time it’s murder. Outraged by this brutal slaughter, Phryne promises to find out who is responsible. Her investigations lead her into the arms of the delicious yet dangerous anarchist, Peter the Painter.

When a young man is found dead in a bookshop at the Eastern Market, Phryne Fisher is plunged into the diverse worlds of Jewish politics, alchemy, and poison. She works her way through the mystery with help from the old faithfuls – Bert, Cec, Dot, Dr Mac and Detective Inspector Jack Robinson. Ultimately, though, it’s her stealth and wit that solve the crime – and all for the price of a song.

Phryne meets Lin Chung who has rescued the theatre’s leading man from some thugs in a dark alley in Chinatown. The evening continues on with a bizarre death onstage. What links can Phryne find between the Chinese community, the illicit opium trade and the actors? Phryne must solve an old murder, find a new murderer, and banish the theatre’s ghost who seems likely to kill again.

As a young woman, Phryne posed for the famous artist Pierre Sarcelle. 10 years later, Sarcelle’s widow arrives in Melbourne asking for her late husband’s paintings. When she suddenly disappears, Phryne discovers the connection between Mme Sarcelle and the death of a war veteran who witnessed the ‘accidental’ death of Sarcelle. The two worlds collide as Phryne tracks down the murderer.

Phryne investigates the puzzling death of a magazine columnist and author of fairy stories. To get to the truth, she must unearth the deceptions and rampant rivalries of the magazine’s thoroughly modern working women – and dig into the past of their token male employee. Phryne rekindles her affair with Lin Chung – whose arranged marriage has stalled in a mire of family politics and intrigue.

The Honourable Miss Phryne Fisher has been chosen to refine a group of delinquent flower maidens for the annual flower parade. When the body of one of her charges washes up on the beach, she begins to question the worth of table manners and dancing lessons. In the midst of her investigation, Jane’s mother unexpectedly resurfaces and Phryne has to face her fears about losing her ward.

Phryne investigates the death of a worker in a factory ‘accident’ and soon learns that the woman’s death might not be the misadventure the police think it is. Faced with a wall of secrecy and lies, Phryne sends her trusty maid, Dot, undercover into the factory to investigate. When a second suspicious death occurs, Phryne fights desperately to save one of her closest friends from the gallows.

The carnival is in town. Fun turns to horror when one of the sideshow acts is murdered. Phryne poses as the magician’s assistant, Fern, to investigate. The carnival takes Phryne on a trip down memory lane to the days when she and her sister would sneak into the big top, until one night her sister disappeared.

Phryne’s cousins and Aunt Prudence’s entire household come under suspicion when a young girl is found drowned in her aunt’s fountain on the eve of a lavish fancy dress party. Phryne and her aunt work together to investigate – until Phryne begins to doubt her own detecting skills. Was Murdoch Foyle really the man responsible for her sister’s death or was it someone much closer to Phryne?