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Allen & Unwin, December 2007
Reviewed by Sally Roddom
Short stories/Murder & Mystery
Phryne Fisher is a thoroughly modern young 1920’s flapper. She wears
dresses above her ankles, trousers, has bobbed her hair and follows her
own rules for acceptable behaviour. Phryne is a rich and independent woman
who drinks, has casual sex on her terms, smokes, drives fast cars, flies a
plane and solves mysteries.
A QUESTION OF DEATH is a collection of short stories from ideas that
author, Kerry Greenwood, came up with while writing the longer novels, but
in the end left out. Greenwood reworked them and has put together in one
absolutely spiffing collection. Phryne flirts with various young admirers
while solving such mysteries as locating a lost husband, uncovering the
murderer of an obnoxious member of the aristocracy, and locating a missing
artwork. Phryne is always on the side of the little guy, whether it be
against the rich, the exploitative or abusive.
Between the short stories there are recipes, cocktail suggestions, helpful
hints like how to get rid of an unwanted suitor and a personal interview
with the Honourable Miss Fisher herself. Beautifully illustrated, this is
a wonderful book to add to your Phryne collection
Jan 2008 review originally posted on Murder and Mayhem
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