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Running late to the Hinkler gala performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's Ruddigore, Phryne Fisher meets some thugs in a dark alley and handles them convincingly before they can ruin her silver dress. Phryne then finds that she has rescued a gorgeous Chinese, Lin Chung, and his grandmother, and is briefly mistaken for a deity. Denying divinity but accepting cognac, she later continues safely to the theatre. But it's an unexpected evening as her night is again interrupted by a most bizarre death onstage. What links can Phryne possibly find between the ridiculously entertaining plot of Ruddigore, the Chinese community of Little Bourke St or the actors treading the boards of His Majesty's Theatre? Drawn backstage and onstage, Phryne must solve an old murder and find a new murderer ? and, of course, banish the theatre's ghost, who seems likely to kill again. The glorious Phryne Fisher returns to the spotlight in her seventh adventure.
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Review:
"Scented, dangerous and highly enjoyable." (The Weekend Australian)
"If Jazz Age sleuth Phryne (rhymes with shiny) Fisher is new to you, prepare to be delighted. Here she gets involved with a Melbourne Gilbert and Sullivan company whose leading men keep dropping from poison in the middle of performing Ruddigore. Phryne is ably assisted by the beautiful, young Chinese man she rescued from thugs on her way to the theater. Stephanie Daniel is a riot performing the scenery-chewing members of the company, endlessly self-dramatizing even in genuinely dramatic situations, such as orphaned babies with birthmarks, hauntings by the malevolent ghost of a long-dead actress, and a trap meant to kill Phryne that squashes the stage prompter instead. Daniels is light, deft, and perfect in this champagne froth of a mystery." (AudioFile Magazine)
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"If Jazz Age sleuth Phryne (rhymes with shiny) Fisher is new to you, prepare to be delighted. Here she gets involved with a Melbourne Gilbert and Sullivan company whose leading men keep dropping from poison in the middle of performing Ruddigore. Phryne is ably assisted by the beautiful, young Chinese man she rescued from thugs on her way to the theater. Stephanie Daniel is a riot performing the scenery-chewing members of the company, endlessly self-dramatizing even in genuinely dramatic situations, such as orphaned babies with birthmarks, hauntings by the malevolent ghost of a long-dead actress, and a trap meant to kill Phryne that squashes the stage prompter instead. Daniels is light, deft, and perfect in this champagne froth of a mystery." (AudioFile Magazine)
The 1920s' most elegant and irrepressible sleuth returns.
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- PublisherBolinda Audio
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1743107714
- ISBN 13 9781743107713
- BindingAudio CD
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