Phryne Fisher Series by Kerry Greenwood

3.92 · 432 ratings
  • Cocaine Blues (Phryne Fisher #1)
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    Cocaine Blues (Phryne Fisher #1)

    Kerry Greenwood

    Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings · published 1989

    The London season is in full fling at the end of the 1920s, but the Honorable Phryne Fisher—she of the gray-green eyes and diamant garters—is tiring of polite conversations with retired colonels and dances with weak-chinned men. When the opportunity presents itself, Phryne decides it might be amusing to try her hand at becoming a lady detective in Australia. Immediately upon settling into Melbourne's Hotel Windsor, Phryne finds herself embroiled in mystery... more

  • Flying Too High (Phryne Fisher #2)
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    Flying Too High (Phryne Fisher #2)

    Kerry Greenwood

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 1990

    Phryne Fisher has her hands full in this, her second adventure. And just when we think she s merely a brilliant, daring, sexy woman, Phyrne demonstrates other skills, including flying an airplane and doing her own stunts! Phryne takes on a fresh case at the pleading of a hysterical woman who fears her hot-headed son is about to murder his equally hot-headed father... more

  • Murder on the Ballarat Train (Phryne Fisher #3)
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    Murder on the Ballarat Train (Phryne Fisher #3)

    Kerry Greenwood

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 1991

    When the 1920s' most glamorous lady detective, the Honourable Miss Phryne Fisher, arranges to go to Ballarat for the week, she eschews the excitement of her red Hispano-Suiza racing car for the sedate safety of the train. The last thing she expects is to have to use her trusty Beretta .32 to save lives. As the passengers sleep, they are poisoned with chloroform... more

  • Introducing The Honourable Phryne Fisher (Phryne Fisher #1-3)
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    Introducing The Honourable Phryne Fisher (Phryne Fisher #1-3)

    Kerry Greenwood

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 2010

    From the author of the bestselling Phryne Fisher series comes a book set featuring Miss Fisher's first three adventures These three rollicking murder mystery novels are combined in a single, convenient package."Phryne can not get enough of adventure and the reader can not get enough of Phryne... more

  • Death at Victoria Dock (Phryne Fisher #4)
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    Death at Victoria Dock (Phryne Fisher #4)

    Kerry Greenwood

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings · published 1992

    A very young man with muddied hair, a pierced ear and a blue tattoo lies cradled in Phryne’s arms. But sadly it’s not another scene of glorious seduction—this time it’s death. Outraged by this brutal slaughter, Phryne promises to find out who is responsible. But Phryne doesn’t yet know how deeply into the mire she’ll have to go—bank robbery, tattoo parlours, pubs, spiritualist halls and the Anarchists.

  • The Green Mill Murder (Phryne Fisher #5)
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    The Green Mill Murder (Phryne Fisher #5)

    Kerry Greenwood

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1993

    Phryne Fisher is doing one of her favorite things --dancing at the Green Mill (Melbourne's premier dance hall) to the music of Tintagel Stone's Jazzmakers, the band who taught St Vitus how to dance. And she's wearing a sparkling lobelia-coloured georgette dress. Nothing can flap the unflappable Phryne--especially on a dance floor with so many delectable partners. Nothing except death, that is... more

  • Blood and Circuses (Phryne Fisher #6)
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    Blood and Circuses (Phryne Fisher #6)

    Kerry Greenwood

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1994

    Phryne Fisher is bored. So when she is asked to investigate some strange goings-on in Farrell's Circus and Wild Beast Show, her curiosity gets the better of her. Stripped of her identity, wealth and privilege, Phryne takes a job as a trick-horse-rider, wearing hand-me-downs and a new name... more

  • Ruddy Gore (Phryne Fisher #7)
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    Ruddy Gore (Phryne Fisher #7)

    Kerry Greenwood

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1995

    Running late to a gala performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's Ruddigore, Phryne Fisher meets some thugs in dark alley and handles them convincingly before they can ruin her silver dress. She then finds that she has rescued the handsome Lin Chung, and his grandmother, who briefly mistake her for a deity.Denying divinity but accepting cognac, she later continues safely to the theatre where her night is again interrupted by a bizarre death onstage... more

  • Urn Burial (Phryne Fisher #8)
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    Urn Burial (Phryne Fisher #8)

    Kerry Greenwood

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1996

    The redoubtable Phryne Fisher is holidaying at Cave House, a Gothic mansion in the heart of Australia's Victorian mountain country. But the peaceful surroundings mask danger. Her host is receiving death threats, lethal traps are set without explanation, and the parlour maid is found strangled to death... more

  • Raisins and Almonds (Phryne Fisher #9)
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    Raisins and Almonds (Phryne Fisher #9)

    Kerry Greenwood

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1997

    Phryne Fisher loves dancing, especially with gorgeous young Simon Abrahams. But Phryne's contentment at the Jewish Young Peoples Society Dance is cut short when Simon's father asks her to investigate the strange death of a devout young student in Miss Sylvia Lee's bookshop located in the Eastern Market.

  • Death Before Wicket (Phryne Fisher #10)
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    Death Before Wicket (Phryne Fisher #10)

    Kerry Greenwood

    Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1999

    Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, now streaming on Netflix, starring Essie Davis as the honourable Phryne Fisher "Phryne's fans get everything they could possibly want from this installment in the long-running and ever more popular series: a fast-talking, tough heroine; an engaging cast of supporting players; a couple of really nifty mysteries; and plenty of fun." —BooklistPhryne Fisher is on holiday... more

  • Away with the Fairies (Phryne Fisher #11)
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    Away with the Fairies (Phryne Fisher #11)

    Kerry Greenwood

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2001

    It's 1928, and the globetrotting, glamorous Phryne (rhymes with briny) is at home near Melbourne, missing her lover, Lin Chung, who is on a silk-buying trip in China. When Phryne's detective friend, Jack, asks for her help investigating the murder of Miss Lavender, a well-known author of fairy stories, Phryne is glad of the distraction. The investigation leads to a temporary job as a fashion reporter for Women's Choice magazine, Miss Lavender's former employer... more

  • Murder in Montparnasse (Phryne Fisher #12)
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    Murder in Montparnasse (Phryne Fisher #12)

    Kerry Greenwood

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2002

    Always enticing in divine twenties fashion, Phryne, one of the most exciting and likeable heroines in crime writing today, leads us through a tightly plotted maze of thrilling adventure set in 1920s Australia.The divine Phryne Fisher returns to lead another dance of intrigue.Seven Australian soldiers, carousing in Paris in 1918, unknowingly witness a murder and their presence has devastating consequences. Ten years later, two are dead ... under very suspicious circumstances... more

  • The Castlemaine Murders (Phryne Fisher #13)
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    The Castlemaine Murders (Phryne Fisher #13)

    Kerry Greenwood

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2003

    The fabulous Phryne Fisher, her sister Beth and her faithful maid, Dot, decide that Luna Park is the perfect place for an afternoon of fun and excitement with Phryne's two daughters, Ruth and Jane. But in the dusty dark Ghost Train, amidst the squeals of horror and delight, a mummified bullet-studded corpse falls to the ground in front of them. Phryne Fisher's pleasure trip has definitely become business... more

  • Queen of the Flowers (Phryne Fisher #14)
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    Queen of the Flowers (Phryne Fisher #14)

    Kerry Greenwood

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2004

    Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, now streaming on Netflix, starring Essie Davis as the honourable Phryne Fisher "Crime strikes close to home in this latest installment...The engaging cast of familiar supporting characters—including Phryne's maid, Dot, and her Chinese lover, Lin Chung—will delight longtime fans..." —Publishers WeeklyThe circus is in town for St Kilda's first Flower Festival, which includes a parade... more

  • Death by Water (Phryne Fisher #15)
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    Death by Water (Phryne Fisher #15)

    Kerry Greenwood

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2005

    'Who are you?' asked the doctor. 'You are not the standard cruise passenger, I can tell you that.' 'Thank you,' said Phryne in a self-possessed manner. 'You are correct. I am a lot of things, some of which do not concern you, but mostly I am Phryne Fisher.' The nice men at P&O are worried. A succession of jewellery thefts from first class passengers is hardly the best advertisement for their cruise liners, particularly when it is likely that it is a passenger who is doing the stealing... more

  • Murder in the Dark (Phryne Fisher #16)
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    Murder in the Dark (Phryne Fisher #16)

    Kerry Greenwood

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2006

    Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, now streaming on Netflix, starring Essie Davis as the honourable Phryne Fisher "One of the most exciting and dangerous of the adventures into which Phryne's fabulous and risky lifestyle has led her" —Kirkus ReviewsIt's Christmas, and Phryne has an invitation to the Last Best party of 1928, a four-day extravaganza being hosted at the Werribee Manor House by the Golden Twins, Isabella and Gerald Templar. Phryne is of two minds about going... more

  • Murder on a Midsummer Night (Phryne Fisher #17)
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    Murder on a Midsummer Night (Phryne Fisher #17)

    Kerry Greenwood

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 2008

    Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, now streaming on Netflix, starring Essie Davis as the honourable Phryne Fisher "As usual, Greenwood populates the novel with an assortment of offbeat characters...and Phryne has plenty of opportunities to unleash her acid tongue and apply her razor-sharp wit." —BooklistThe Hon. Phryne Fisher, languid and slightly bored at the start of 1929, has been engaged to find out if the antique-shop-owning son of a Pre-Raphaelite model has died by homicide or suicide... more

  • Dead Man's Chest (Phryne Fisher #18)
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    Dead Man's Chest (Phryne Fisher #18)

    Kerry Greenwood

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 2010

    Dot unfolded the note. "He says that his married couple will look after the divine Miss Fisher...I'll leave out a bit...their name is Johnson and they seem very reliable." Phryne got the door open at last. She stepped into the hall. "I think he was mistaken about that," she commented.Traveling at high speed in her beloved Hispano-Suiza accompanied by her maid and trusted companion Dot, her two adoptive daughters Jane and Ruth, and their dog Molly, The Hon... more

  • A Question of Death: An Illustrated Phryne Fisher Treasury by Kerry Greenwood (Phryne Fisher #18.5)
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    A Question of Death: An Illustrated Phryne Fisher Treasury by Kerry Greenwood (Phryne Fisher #18.5)

    Kerry Greenwood

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 2007

    Phryne Fisher, 1920s detective and elegant fashionista, comes joyously to life in Stephanie Daniels' performance of Kerry Greenwood's A Question of Death, Book 20 in the Phryne Fisher Mystery series. This audiobook is a compendium of Phryne short stories, recipes, and other miscellany and packs a wallop for Phryne fans... more

  • Unnatural Habits (Phryne Fisher #19)
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    Unnatural Habits (Phryne Fisher #19)

    Kerry Greenwood

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2017

    Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, now streaming on Netflix, starring Essie Davis as the honourable Phryne Fisher "Among Phryne's pleasantly dashing adventures, this one stands out for its emphasis on sexual orientation and institutional coverups." —Kirkus Reviews STARRED review The decidedly raven-haired Miss Phryne Fisher returns to delve deep into the dark side of Melbourne, Australia.It's 1929, and girls are going missing. Little, pretty golden-haired girls. And they're not just pretty... more

  • Murder and Mendelssohn (Phryne Fisher #20)
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    Murder and Mendelssohn (Phryne Fisher #20)

    Kerry Greenwood

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2018

    Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, now streaming on Netflix, starring Essie Davis as the honourable Phryne Fisher "Like her heroine, Greenwood has never been more confident and confronting..." —Sydney Morning HeraldTo the accompaniment of heavenly choirs singing, the fearless Miss Phryne Fisher returns in her 20th adventure with musical score in hand... more

  • Death in Daylesford (Phryne Fisher #21)
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    Death in Daylesford (Phryne Fisher #21)

    Kerry Greenwood

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 2020

    Surrounded by secrets, great and small, the formidable Miss Phryne Fisher returns to vanquish injustice.When a mysterious invitation arrives for Miss Phryne Fisher from an unknown Captain Herbert Spencer, Phryne's curiosity is excited. Spencer runs a retreat in Victoria's spa country for shell-shocked soldiers of the First World War... more

  • Murder in Williamstown (Phryne Fisher #23)
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    Murder in Williamstown (Phryne Fisher #23)

    Kerry Greenwood

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 2022

    The Honourable Miss Phryne Fisher is up to her elegant eyebrows in mystery once again! Awakening unusually early one morning, Phryne Fisher finds herself with a rare stretch of free time to fill. After dropping her daughters off for their school-sponsored charity work at the Blind Institute, she visits a university professor whose acquaintance she'd made--and admired--on a prior case. At lunch, the smitten professor invites Phryne to dine at his home in Williamstown later that week... more

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