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The Hon. Phryne Fisher, languid and slightly bored at the start of 1929, is engaged to find out if the antique-shop son of a Pre-Raphaelite model has died by homicide or suicide.

Corinna Chapman, talented baker and reluctant investigator, is trying very hard to do nothing at all on her holidays.

Phryne Fisher needs a rest. It’s summer. She packs up her family and moves to Queenscliff, a quiet watering place on the coast.

When the 1920s’ most glamorous lady detective, the Honourable Miss Phryne Fisher, arranges to go to Ballarat for the week, she eschews the excitement of her red Hispano-Suiza racing car for the sed

The year is 1929 and girls are going missing in Melbourne. Little, pretty golden haired girls. And not just pretty.

Driving home late one night, Phryne Fisher is surprised when someone shoots out her windscreen.

Corinna Chapman was once a high profile accountant and banker.

No one has less interest in mysteries than baker Corinna Chapman. She's keeping an eye on the door for Daniel, her recently acquired lover, to walk back into her life.

It's 1928 and St Kilda's streets hang with fairy lights. Magic shows, marionettes, tea dances, tango competitions and picnics on the beach are all part of the Flower Parade.