Death at Victoria Dock

by Kerry Greenwood

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781464207594
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	04/02/2024
Series:	Phryne Fisher Series , #4
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	178
Sales rank:	16,921
File size:	441 KB

About the Author

Kerry Greenwood was born in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray and after wandering far and wide, she returned to live there. She has degrees in English and Law from Melbourne University and was admitted to the legal profession on the 1st April 1982, a day which she finds both soothing and significant. Kerry has written three series, a number of plays, including The Troubadours with Stephen D’Arcy, is an award-winning children’s writer and has edited and contributed to several anthologies. The Phryne Fisher series (pronounced Fry-knee, to rhyme with briny) began in 1989 with Cocaine Blues which was a great success. Kerry has written twenty books in this series with no sign yet of Miss Fisher hanging up her pearl-handled pistol. Kerry says that as long as people want to read them, she can keep writing them. In 2003 Kerry won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Australian Association.

Editorial Reviews

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.

Publishers Weekly

Australia in 1928 may be fraught with labor and economic problems, but that's no excuse for murder. As she drives home one night, bullets shatter feminist-socialite-sleuth Phryne Fisher's windshield, and a beautiful young man dies in her arms. Mightily annoyed, she vows to track down the killers, a task that drags her deep into the shadowy world of anarchists. The young man, a Latvian, was executed by his fellow conspirators because he talked too much. Phryne, who has friends among the arty socialist crowd, meets the attractive and enigmatic Peter Smith at one of their parties. He becomes her lover and helps her discover that a bank robbery is being planned to finance the revolution. Phryne and her extended family become the target of attacks by the Latvians. When her companion Dot is kidnapped in a case of mistaken identity, the furious Phryne goes into action and foils the bank robbery, shooting the robbers dead. In her spare time, she solves the case of a missing 14-year-old, an aspiring nun who's run away from her dysfunctional nouveau-riche family. Peter must leave town and assume a new identity to stay alive, but irrepressible Phryne is soon ready for more intrigue. More romantic adventure than mystery, though feisty Phryne (Ruddy Gore, 2005, etc.) does keep the reader amused.

Kirkus Reviews

"Number four in the series does not disappoint! This is a delightful series. An enduring heroine."

NetGalley - Karen Kenyon

"I do recommend this book for those that especially like a good who-dunnit mystery in the likes of Miss Marple, Sherlock, Jessica in Murder She Wrote. Phryne has a lot of class and guts. She is not afraid to get her hands dirty, but she does like the good things in life. She keeps those she cares about close."

NetGalley - Debbie Bradley

"I love this series by Kerry Greenwood. Death at Victoria Dock is just as good as her previous books. Phyrne Fisher is an independent woman who does as she pleases. She puts herself in dangerous situations but comes out OK. The cast of minor characters adore her and just add to the story."

NetGalley - Jennifer Coleman

"This book is absolutely packed with action! Sometimes the Miss Fisher series can meander a bit, but this book really packs it all in. It's quite exciting, but of course you still get Phryne's gorgeous clothes, incredible food & drink, and a lover or two."

NetGalley - Sarah Duff

"The fabulous Phryne Fisher returns in the fourth installment of Kerry Greenwood's delightful series, and she remains as clever, just, and chic as ever. Every Phryne Fisher novel is a gem. Highly, highly, highly recommended."

Goodreads - Ivonne Rovira