About the book: 2006 / Green-eyed aristocrat Phryne Fisher is bored with the monotonous London life with its endless receptions and dinner parties. She decided it would be much more fun to try herself as Australia's first female detective. Almost immediately after arriving in Melbourne, Phryne finds herself in a whirlpool of adventures: poisoned wives, drug dealers, communists, bribed policemen... and, of course, love!