Murder in Montparnasse [LARGE TYPE EDITION]

Description

Always enticing in divine twenties fashion, Phryne, one of the most exciting and likeable heroines in crime writing today, leads us through a tightly plotted maze of thrilling adventure set in 1920s Australia.The divine Phryne Fisher returns to lead another dance of intrigue.Seven Australian soldiers, carousing in Paris in 1918, unknowingly witness a murder and their presence has devastating consequences. Ten years later, two are dead ... under very suspicious circumstances.Phryne's wharfie mates, Bert and Cec, appeal to her for help. They were part of this group of soldiers in 1918 and they fear for their lives and for those of the other three men. It's only as Phryne delves into the investigation that she, too, remembers being in Montparnasse on that very same day.While Phryne is occupied with memories of Montparnasse past and the race to outpace the murderer, she finds troubles of a different kind at home. Her lover, Lin Chung, is about to be married. And the effect this is having on her own usually peaceful household is disastrous.'Phryne Fisher is young, wealthy, beautiful, smart, confident and independently minded ... and she has a knack for solving murders when she is not sipping a strengthening cocktail or planning another seduction.' The Australian's Review of Books

First Sentence

"The sun glared off the shop windows, the wind blew fine sand which stung the eyes."

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Other Editions

• Murder in Montparnasse [LARGE TYPE EDITION]: A Phryne Fisher Mystery (Phryne Fisher Mysteries)PaperbackPoisoned Pen Press2004-11-01
• Murder In MontparnasseAudio CassetteBolinda Publishing2005-07-07
• Murder In Montparnasse (Phryne Fisher Mysteries)Audio CDBolinda Publishing2005-09-30
• Murder in MontparnassePaperbackPoisoned Pen Press2006-03-31
• Murder in MontparnasseeBookAllen & Unwin Pty Ltd2009-01-01