Urn Burial: Miss Phryne Fisher Investigates

Review From beginning to end, Greenwood infuses her series with evocative settings, multidimensional characters and satisfying mysteries. ― BooklistPhryne Fisher is gutsy and adventurous, and also well endowed with plenty of grey matter. She has it over Robicheaux and Poirot because she’s drop-dead gorgeous. ― West AustralianThose who like their mysteries bold and spicy will appreciate the latest adventure of 1920s heroine Phryne Fisher. ― Booklist Product Description 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. What with the reappearance of mysterious funerary urns, a pair of young lovers, an extremely eccentric swagman, an angry outcast heir, and the luscious Lin Chung, Phryne's attention has definitely been caught. Her search for answers takes her deep into the dungeons of the house and into the limestone Buchan caves. But what will she find this time? Book Description A Phryne Fisher Mystery From the Back Cover Things will go bump in the night . . . 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.What with the reappearance of mysterious funereal urns, a pair of young lovers, an eccentric handyman, an angry outcast heir, and her luscious Chinese lover, Phryne’s attention has definitely been caught. Her search for answers takes her deep into the dungeons of the house and into the limestone Buchan caves . . . but what secrets will she find within? About the Author KERRY GREENWOOD is the author of more than forty novels and six non-fiction titles, and the editor of two collections. Phryne Fisher is her most successful series to date - there are currently 18 in the series. She lives in Australia with a registered wizard.