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The 17th Phryne Fisher Mystery
Allen & Unwin, This Edition published Nov 2008
Reviewed by Sally Roddom
An M&M Review
This most elegant investigator Phryne Fisher returns in her seventeenth
escapade to investigate an apparent suicide and a missing heir. The start
of 1929 is particularly wearisome for the plucky heroine as a heatwave has
hit Melbourne with a vengeance. It is so hard to think when one is so hot
– but think Phryne must, as she does battle with a particularly dangerous
group of bright young things who are dabbling in the occult.
The two cases are separate, but gradually links connect the
investigations. Phryne has to deal with weeping mothers, angry son-in
laws, drug addicts, terrifying séances, ghosts, spirit guides and treasure
hunters before she can solve the mysteries.
Reading a Phryne Fisher mystery such as MURDER ON A MIDSUMMER NIGHT is
always very good fun. Cosy with an edge, author Kerry Greenwood takes the
sting out of the evil side of life with humour, friendship and some very
off the wall characters. Phryne herself is a rich and independent woman
who drinks, is not afraid to have casual sex, smokes her gaspers, drives
her car fast with little or no regard for road rules, and solves
mysteries. Phryne is always on the side of the underdog, and will battle
anyone be they rich or poor, exploitative or abusive.
Now 2008 review originally published on Murder and Mayhem
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