Blood and Circuses: Miss Phryne Fisher Investigates (A Phryne Fisher Mystery)

Review From beginning to end, Greenwood infuses her series with evocative settings, multidimensional characters and satisfying mysteries. --Booklist Product Description The Honourable Miss Phryne Fisher is feeling dull. But is she bored enough to leave her identity, her home and family behind and join Farrell's Circus and Wild Beast Show? There have been strange things happening at the circus. And when Phryne is asked by her friends - Samson the Strong Man, Alan the carousel operator and Doreen the Snake Woman - to help them, curiosity gets the better of her. Peeling off her wealth and privilege, Phryne takes a job as a trickhorse-rider, wearing hand-me-down clothes and a new name. Someone seems determined to see the circus fail and Phryne must find out who that might be and why they want it badly enough to resort to poison, assault and murder. Diving into the dangerous underworld of 1920s Melbourne and the wild, eccentric life under the big top, Phryne proves her courage and ingenuity yet again, aided only by her quick intelligence, an oddly attractive clown, and a stout and helpful bear... Book Description A Phryne Fisher mystery From the Back Cover Undercover work at the big top!Phryne Fisher is bored. But is she tired enough to leave her identity, home and family behind to join Farrell’s travelling circus? Strange things have been happening there and when Phryne is asked by her friends Samson the Strong Man and Doreen the Snake Woman to help, curiosity gets the better of her.Peeling off her wealth and privilege, Phryne takes a job as a trick horse rider, wearing hand-me-downs and a new name. Someone seems determined to see the circus fail and Phryne must find out who that might be and why they want it badly enough to resort to poison, assault – and murder . . .‘Phryne Fisher . . . an investigator with all the charm, wit and intelligence of James Bond, and as many lovers.’ Sunday Sun 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 19 in the series. She lives in Australia with a registered wizard.