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Blood and Circuses

Phryne Fisher goes to the circus for her sixth adventure. Stripped of her identity and wealth, it's only Phryne's keen wit and sharp thinking that will help her now.

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  • "Phryne Fisher goes to the circus for her sixth adventure. Stripped of her identity and wealth, it's only Phryne's keen wit and sharp thinking that will help her now."@en
  • "Astute, suave and divine, Phryne Fisher moves at flashing pace through this thrilling sixth adventure. The Honourable Miss Phryne Fisher is feeling dull. But is she bored enough to leave her identity, her home and family behind and join Farrell's Circus and Wild Beast Show? There have been strange things happening at the circus. And when Phryne is asked by her friends Samson the Strong Man, Alan the carousel operator and Doreen the Snake Woman to help them, curiosity gets the better of her. Peeling off her wealth and privilege, Phryne takes a job as a trick horse-rider, wearing hand-me-down clothes and a new name. Someone seems determined to see the circus fail and Phryne must find out who that might be and why they want it badly enough to resort to poison, assault and murder. Diving into the dangerous underworld of 1920s Melbourne and the wild, eccentric life under the big top, Phryne proves her courage and ingenuity yet again, aided only by her quick intelligence, an oddly attractive clown, and a stout and helpful bear."
  • "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'"@en
  • "The Honourable Miss Phryne Fisher is feeling dull. But is she bored enough to leave her identity, her home and family behind and join Farrell''s Circus and Wild Beast Show? There have been strange things happening at the circus. And when Phryne is asked by her friends - Samson the Strong Man, Alan the carousel operator and Doreen the Snake Woman - to help them, curiosity gets the better of her. Peeling off her wealth and privilege, Phryne takes a job as a trickhorse-rider, wearing hand-me-down clothes and a new name. Someone seems determined to see the circus fail and Phryne must find out."@en
  • "Phryne Fisher is bored with her perfect life when a man from her past asks for her help in investigating strange happenings at Farrell's Circus, drawing Phryne into the strange carnival underworld."@en
  • "Socialite Phyrne Fisher tries to discover who is sabotaging Farrell's Circus."
  • "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?"
  • "What connects Farrell's Circus and Wild Beast Show with the murder at Mrs Witherspoon's boarding-house and the warfare between rival gangs on Brunswick streets? Phryne Fisher takes a job as a trick horse-rider, to investigate the goings-on at the circus."@en
  • "Astute, suave and divine, Phryne Fisher moves at flashing pace through this thrilling sixth adventure. The Honourable Miss Phryne Fisher is feeling dull. But is she bored enough to leave her identity, her home and family behind and join Farrell's Circus and Wild Beast Show? There have been strange things happening at the circus. And when Phryne is asked by her friends Samson the Strong Man, Alan the carousel operator and Doreen the Snake Woman to help them, curiosity gets the better of her. Peeling off her wealth and privilege, Phryne takes a job as a trick horse-rider, wearing hand-me-down clothes and a new name. Someone seems determined to see the circus fail and Phryne must find out who that might be and why they want it badly enough to resort to poison, assault and murder. Diving into the dangerous underworld of 1920s Melbourne and the wild, eccentric life under the big top, Phryne proves her courage and ingenuity yet again, aided only by her quick intelligence, an oddly attractive clown, and a stout and helpful bear. Phryne Fisher is the souffle course of the gourmet detective dinner. A consummately light and airy confection which entrances the moment and sweetly vanishes, it is the evanescent product of considerable artistry.' - Katherine England, Adelaide Advertiser."@en
  • "Phryne Fisher is bored. Life has become too easy, too perfect. In comes an old friend from the carnival. He wants her to investigate the strange happenings at Farrell's Circus, including animals being poisoned, and sabotage is suspected. So ends the boring life of Phryne Fisher."@en
  • "Flapper sleuth Fisher goes undercover in a circus after Alan Lee, a former love interest, asks for her help identifying the person or persons behind a series of attacks connected to the circus, which culmi-nate in the murder of company member Mr. Christopher. Fisher and Det. Insp. Jack Robinson must ferret out the information needed to keep Miss Parkes from being hanged as the killer."@en

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  • "Australian fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Downloadable Poisoned Pen Press ebooks"@en
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en

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  • "Blood and Circuses : Miss Phryne Fisher Investigates"@en
  • "Blood and circuses a phryne fisher mystery"@en
  • "Blood and circuses : a Phryne Fisher mystery"@en
  • "Blood and circuses : a Phryne Fisher mystery"
  • "Blood and circuses : a Phyrne Fisher mystery"
  • "Blood and Circuses Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (6)"@en
  • "Blood and circuses"@en
  • "Blood and circuses"
  • "Blood and circuses a Phryne Fisher mystery"

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