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It’s Christmas, and Phryne has an invitation to the Last Best party of 1928, a four-day extravaganza being held at Werribee Manor house and grounds by the Golden Twins: Isabella and Gerald Templar.

Searching for the murderer of a famous author, sexy, sassy Phryne Fisher goes undercover and is up to her ears in fashion gossip and office politics.

Phryne Fisher is on holiday.

Phryne Fisher is bored. Life appears to be too easy, too perfect. Her household is ordered, her love life is pleasant, the weather is fine. And then a man from her past arrives at the door.

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.

Intimidated by the clubs and cabarets of 1970s Chicago, shy English teacher Graham Thomas needs a miracle just to be able to talk to a man.

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.