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2005...
2005
Death By Water : A Phryne Fisher Mystery
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The nice men at P&O are worried. A succession of jewellery thefts from first-class passengers is hardly the best advertisement for their cruise liners, particularly when it is likely that a passenger is doing the stealing. Phryne Fisher, with her Lulu bob, green eyes, Cupid's bow lips and Chanel travelling suits, is exactly the sort of elegant sleuth to take on a ring of jewellery thieves aboard the high seas - or at least, aboard the SS Hinemoa on a luxury cruise to New Zealand. With the Maharani - the Great Queen of Sapphires - as the bait, Phryne rises magnificently to the challenge. There are shipboard romances, champagne cocktails, erotic photographers, jealous husbands, mickey finns, blackmail and attempted murder, all before the thieves find out - as have countless love-smitten men before them - that where the glamorous and intelligent Phryne is involved, resistance is futile. (Source: back cover, 2005 edition)
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Dedication: This book is dedicated to my very dear and much admired Mr Witherspoon, my fourth grade teacher at Geelong Road State School, who not only believed I could read but gave me the key to the book cabinet, beginning my lifelong affair with literature. I have never had a better present. And at last I get a chance to say thank you.
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Epigraph: Revenge is a kind of wild justice; which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. Francis Bacon, 1st Baron Verulam, 'On Revenge'
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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A Little Flight Reading
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 November 2007; (p. 5)
— Review of Death By Water : A Phryne Fisher Mystery 2005 single work novel -
Fluffy Orange Lumps
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 274 2005; (p. 50-51)
— Review of A Hand in the Bush 2005 single work novel ; The Devil's Companions 2005 single work novel ; Death By Water : A Phryne Fisher Mystery 2005 single work novel -
This Week's Selections
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 16 July 2005; (p. 10)
— Review of Hope Bay 2005 single work novel ; Death By Water : A Phryne Fisher Mystery 2005 single work novel -
In Short : Fiction
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2-3 July 2005; (p. 26)
— Review of The Shining City 2005 single work novel ; Death By Water : A Phryne Fisher Mystery 2005 single work novel -
Sleuth in Cruise Control Aboard a Ship of Jewels
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 26 June 2005; (p. 14)
— Review of Death By Water : A Phryne Fisher Mystery 2005 single work novel
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Take Three
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 19 June 2005; (p. 14)
— Review of Death By Water : A Phryne Fisher Mystery 2005 single work novel -
Sleuth in Cruise Control Aboard a Ship of Jewels
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 26 June 2005; (p. 14)
— Review of Death By Water : A Phryne Fisher Mystery 2005 single work novel -
In Short : Fiction
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2-3 July 2005; (p. 26)
— Review of The Shining City 2005 single work novel ; Death By Water : A Phryne Fisher Mystery 2005 single work novel -
This Week's Selections
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 16 July 2005; (p. 10)
— Review of Hope Bay 2005 single work novel ; Death By Water : A Phryne Fisher Mystery 2005 single work novel -
Fluffy Orange Lumps
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 274 2005; (p. 50-51)
— Review of A Hand in the Bush 2005 single work novel ; The Devil's Companions 2005 single work novel ; Death By Water : A Phryne Fisher Mystery 2005 single work novel
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