Death at Victoria Dock (Phryne Fisher Mysteries, 4)

From the author of the bestselling Phryne Fisher Series comes Death at Victoria Dock, the next historical mystery featuring the wit and authenticity of Miss Fisher. When a terrible crime hits a little too close to home, Phryne will stop at nothing to seek out the truth. "Those who like their heroines resourceful and their mystery plots leavened with humor will read this with pleasure."—Publishers Weekly Looking for a thrilling detective novel? This book is for you: Perfect for Fans of Rhys Bowen and Jacqueline Winspear Inspired the Netflix show Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Movie Currently Streaming on Acorn TV Driving home late one night, Phryne Fisher is surprised when someone shoots out her windscreen. She alights to finds a pretty young man with an anarchist tattoo dying on the tarmac just outside the dock gates. Phryne does all she can to help, but soon realizes she holds death in her hands. He bleeds to death in her arms... and all over her silk shirt. Enraged by the loss of the clothing, the damage to her car, and this senseless waste of human life, Phryne promises to find out who is responsible. These kinds of crimes simply don't happen in Victoria, Australia. But she doesn't yet know how deeply into the mire she'll have to go: bank robbery, tattoo parlours, pubs, spiritualist halls, and Anarchists. Then when someone kidnaps her cherished companion, Dot, Phryne will stop at nothing to retrieve her.

Driving home late one night, Phryne Fisher is surprised when someone shoots out her windscreen. When she alights she finds a pretty young man with an anarchist tattoo dying on the tarmac just outside the dock gates. He bleeds to death in her arms, and all over her silk shirt.

Enraged by the loss of the clothing, the damage to her car, and this senseless waste of human life, Phryne promises to find out who is responsible. But she doesn't yet know how deeply into the mire she'll have to go: bank robbery, tattoo parlours, pubs, spiritualist halls, and anarchists.

Along this path, Phryne meets Peter, a scarred but delectable wharfie who begins to unfold the mystery of who would need a machine gun in Melbourne. But when someone kidnaps her cherished companion, Dot, Phryne will stop at nothing to retrieve her.

Those Who Like Their Heroines Resourceful And Their Mystery Plots Leavened With Humor Will Read This With Pleasure. —publishers Weekly Driving Home Late One Night, Phryne Fisher Is Surprised When Someone Shoots Out Her Windscreen. She Alights To Finds A Pretty Young Man With An Anarchist Tattoo Dying On The Tarmac Just Outside The Dock Gates. He Bleeds To Death In Her Arms...and All Over Her Silk Shirt. Enraged By The Loss Of The Clothing, The Damage To Her Car, And This Senseless Waste Of Human Life, Phryne Promises To Find Out Who Is Responsible. But She Doesn't Yet Know How Deeply Into The Mire She'll Have To Go: Bank Robbery, Tattoo Parlours, Pubs, Spiritualist Halls, And Anarchists. Then When Someone Kidnaps Her Cherished Companion, Dot, Phryne Will Stop At Nothing To Retrieve Her.

Driving home late one night, Phryne Fisher is surprised when someone shoots out her windscreen. When she alights she finds a pretty young man with an anarchist tattoo dying on the tarmac just outside the dock gates. He bleeds to death in her arms, and Phryne promises to find out who is responsible.

Publishers Weekly

Those who like their heroines resourceful and their mystery plots leavened with humor will welcome Kerry Greenwood's Death at Victoria Dock: A Phryne Fisher Mystery, the latest in her 1920s Australian series, in which her unflappable proto-feminist detective enters the complex world of Russian anarchists after the shooting death of a young Slavic man. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

He will take seventeen to the match - how many will he bring back? In Cibola football is a matter of life and death. Sir Tristram must reunite his Blood City teammates - Knights, Pirates and Westerners - to win the prestigious Seskie tournament against their oldest rivals. Behind the match is a bigger power play, a king's mission to bring down his greatest rival by persuasion, trickery or force. Needing a squad of soldiers as well as footballers, Sir Tristram must also find a place on tour and in his heart for the teenage child he has not addressed by name since infancy... A very young man with muddied hair, a pierced ear and a blue tattoo lies cradled in Phrynes arms. But sadly its not another scene of glorious seductionthis time its death. Outraged by this brutal slaughter, Phryne promises to find out who is responsible. But Phryne doesnt yet know how deeply into the mire shell have to gobank robbery, tattoo parlours, pubs, spiritualist halls and the Anarchists. Australian flapper Phryne Fisher avenges the death of a young man who dies in her arms after she and her car are shot at by two men. Although Phryne and members of her household are in danger from anarchists, they manage to foil a bank robbery while also solving the case of a missing young girl Phryne Fisher sets out to investigate the murder of a young man outside the gates of Victoria Dock after someone shoots out her windshield and she finds the man dying on the tarmac