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The lady with the gun asks the questions : the ultimate Miss Phryne Fisher story collection / Kerry Greenwood.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Greenwood, Kerry. Phryne Fisher mystery ; Publisher: Naperville, Illinois : Poisoned Pen Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Description: xx, 251 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781728258874
  • 1728258871
  • 9781728250991
  • 1728250994
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Apologia -- On Phryne Fisher -- Hotel Splendide -- The voice is Jacob's voice -- Marrying the bookie's daughter -- The vanishing of Jock McHale's hat -- Puttin' on the Ritz -- The body in the library -- The miracle of St Mungo -- Overheard on a balcony -- The hours of Juana the Mad -- Death shall be dead -- Carnival -- The Camberwell wonder -- Come, sable night -- The boxer -- A matter of style -- The chocolate factory -- The bells of St Paul's.
Summary: "The elegant Miss Phryne Fisher returns in this scintillating collection, featuring four new stories The Honourable Phryne Fisher-she of the Lulu bob, cupid's bow lips, diamante garters, and pearl-handled pistol-is the 1920s' most elegant and irrepressible sleuth. Miss Phryne Fisher is up to her stunning green eyes in intriguing crime in each of these entertaining, fun, and compulsively readable stories. Whether sniffing out the whereabouts of a priceless pilfered book, an heirloom locket, or a missing eight-year-old girl, Miss Fisher proves herself more than equal to the task-and always fashionably attired. With the ever-loyal Dot, the ingenious Mr. Butler, and all of Phryne's friends and household, the action is as fast as Phryne's wit and logic"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Vol info Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Mystery GREENWOO KERRY PF SS Checked out 07/15/2024 33111010830509
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The elegant Miss Phryne Fisher returns in this scintillating collection, featuring four new stories

The Honourable Phryne Fisher--she of the Lulu bob, cupid's bow lips, diamante garters, and pearl-handled pistol--is the 1920s' most elegant and irrepressible sleuth.

Miss Phryne Fisher is up to her stunning green eyes in intriguing crime in each of these entertaining, fun, and compulsively readable stories. Whether sniffing out the whereabouts of a priceless pilfered book, an heirloom locket, or a missing eight-year-old girl, Miss Fisher proves herself more than equal to the task--and always fashionably attired. With the ever-loyal Dot, the ingenious Mr. Butler, and all of Phryne's friends and household, the action is as fast as Phryne's wit and logic.

"Originally published in 2021 in Australia by Allen & Unwin."--Title page verso.

Apologia -- On Phryne Fisher -- Hotel Splendide -- The voice is Jacob's voice -- Marrying the bookie's daughter -- The vanishing of Jock McHale's hat -- Puttin' on the Ritz -- The body in the library -- The miracle of St Mungo -- Overheard on a balcony -- The hours of Juana the Mad -- Death shall be dead -- Carnival -- The Camberwell wonder -- Come, sable night -- The boxer -- A matter of style -- The chocolate factory -- The bells of St Paul's.

"The elegant Miss Phryne Fisher returns in this scintillating collection, featuring four new stories The Honourable Phryne Fisher-she of the Lulu bob, cupid's bow lips, diamante garters, and pearl-handled pistol-is the 1920s' most elegant and irrepressible sleuth. Miss Phryne Fisher is up to her stunning green eyes in intriguing crime in each of these entertaining, fun, and compulsively readable stories. Whether sniffing out the whereabouts of a priceless pilfered book, an heirloom locket, or a missing eight-year-old girl, Miss Fisher proves herself more than equal to the task-and always fashionably attired. With the ever-loyal Dot, the ingenious Mr. Butler, and all of Phryne's friends and household, the action is as fast as Phryne's wit and logic"-- Provided by publisher.

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