Blood and Circuses (Phryne Fisher Mysteries #6) (Large Print / Paperback)
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Other Books in Series
This is book number 6 in the Phryne Fisher Mysteries series.
- #1: Cocaine Blues (Phryne Fisher Mysteries (Audio) #1) (MP3 CD): $9.99
- #2: Flying Too High (Phryne Fisher Mysteries #2) (Large Print / Paperback): $22.99
- #3: Murder on the Ballarat Train (Phryne Fisher Mysteries #3) (Large Print / Paperback): $22.99
- #4: Death at Victoria Dock (Phryne Fisher Mysteries #4) (Large Print / Paperback): $22.99
- #5: The Green Mill Murder (Phryne Fisher Mysteries (Audio) #5) (MP3 CD): $9.99
- #7: Ruddy Gore (Phryne Fisher Mysteries #7) (Large Print / Paperback): $22.99
- #8: Urn Burial (Phryne Fisher Mysteries) (Large Print / Paperback): $22.99
- #9: Raisins and Almonds (Phryne Fisher Mysteries #9) (Large Print / Paperback): $22.99
- #10: Death Before Wicket (Phryne Fisher Mysteries #10) (Large Print / Paperback): $22.99
- #11: Away with the Fairies (Phryne Fisher Mysteries (Audio) #11) (MP3 CD): $9.99
- #12: Murder in Montparnasse (Phryne Fisher Mysteries #12) (Paperback): $14.99
- #13: The Castlemaine Murders (Phryne Fisher Mysteries (Audio) #13) (MP3 CD): $9.99
- #14: Queen of the Flowers (Phryne Fisher Mysteries #14) (Large Print / Paperback): $22.99
- #15: Death by Water: A Phryne Fisher Mystery (Phryne Fisher Mysteries #15) (Paperback): $14.99
- #16: Murder in the Dark (Phryne Fisher Mysteries #16) (Large Print / Paperback): $22.99
- #17: Murder on a Midsummer Night (Phryne Fisher Mysteries #17) (Paperback): $14.99
- #18: Dead Man's Chest: A Phryne Fisher Mystery (Phryne Fisher Mysteries #18) (Large Print / Paperback): $22.99
- #19: Unnatural Habits (Phryne Fisher Mysteries #19) (Large Print / Paperback): $22.99
- #20: Murder and Mendelssohn (Phryne Fisher Mysteries #20) (Large Print / Paperback): $22.99
- #21: Death in Daylesford (Phryne Fisher Mysteries) (Paperback): $15.99
Description
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. It is Alan Lee from the carnival. Alan and his friends want her to investigate strange happenings at Farrells Circus, where animals have been poisoned and ropes sabotaged. Mr. Christopher has been found with his throat cut in Mrs. Witherspoon's irreproachable boarding house and Miss Parkes, an ex-performer, is charged with his murder.Phryne must go undercover deeper than ever to solve the circus malaise. She must abandon her name, her title, her protection, her comfort, even her clothes. She must fall off a horse twice a day until she can stay on. She must sleep in a girls tent and dine on mutton stew. And she must find some allies.Meanwhile, in Melbourne, the young and fresh-faced policeman Tommy Harris has to solve his own mysteries with the help of the foul-spoken harridan Lizard Elsie, or Miss Parkes will certainly hang. Can Phyrne uncover the truth without losing her life?
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.