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Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
John, former Lord Chamberlain to Emperor Justinian, has been exiled from Constantinople to a rustic estate John has long owned in Greece, not far from where he grew up. But exile proves no escape from mystery and mayhem. The residents of nearby Megara make it plain John and his family are unwelcome intruders. His overseer proves corrupt. What of the other staff-and his neighbors?
Before long, John finds himself accused of blasphemy and murder. Now...
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
"Golden age fans will appreciate how Sikander works his way through an array of suspects. Once again, Gaind successfully blends detection with history." -Publishers Weekly STARRED review
December, 1911. All of India is in a tizzy. A vast tent city has sprung up outside the old walled enclave of Mughal Delhi, where the British are hosting a grand Durbar to celebrate the coronation of the new King, George V. From across India, all the Maharajas and...
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2006, 1990.
Language
English
Description
"Readers will find themselves throughly entertained by this oddly appealing mix of the jaunty and the macabre."-Booklist
Casey and Death are on the run…again. After obtaining new identification and throwing herself off the grid, she travels to Florida to begin a new life as Daisy Gray, fitness instructor for a wealthy, enclosed community. But even while keeping her head down, it doesn't take long for Casey to find herself in the middle of trouble....
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
In investigating the poisoning of a young man in a bookshop at the eastern Market, and the wrongful arrest of one Miss Sylvia Lee, super-sleuth Phryne Fisher is plunged into a word of Jewish politics, alchemy, poison and chicken soup. Stopping only for a brief, but intensely erotic dalliance with the beautiful Simon Abrahams, Phryne's stealth and wit ultimately solve the crime - and all for the price of a song.
Author
Series
Corinna Chapman mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
A gathering of witches in Melbourne to celebrate Samhain, a rash of bad drug reactions, a cache of valuables stolen from Greek Jews during WWII, and the appearance of Corinna Chapman's boyfriend's beautiful and svelte former girlfriend, Georgiana Hope, add up to villainy and a puzzle waiting to be solved by the hefty Melbourne baker.
Author
Series
Corinna Chapman mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
With the help of a troupe of free-spirited freegans, three very clever internet hackers and a bunch of singing vegans, Melbourne baker Corinna and her luscious Daniel go head-to-head with a sinister religious cult on a mission and a band of Romanies out for revenge in a wild and wonderful chase to find two missing runaways.
8) Devil's food
Author
Series
Corinna Chapman mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Corinna is disturbed when a local cult turns up, along with a malnourished body, that requires its members to eat only famine bread. Then her hippie mother arrives, hysterical, because Corinna's father has absconded with all their money and a desire for a younger lover. Someone is poisoning people with weight loss herbal teas, and there is some very strange clientele at the nearby Cafe Vlad Tepes.
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Sleuth Phryne Fisher's trip to an amusement park is ruined by the discovery of a mummified corpse and her attempt to solve the mystery takes her to the town of Castlemaine, where unknown assailants try to stop the investigation.
10) Urn burial
Author
Series
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Vacationing at a Gothic mansion in Australia's Victorian mountain country, Phryne Fisher becomes embroiled in a mystery involving death threats to her host, the strangling murder of a parlor maid, and the presence of mysterious funerary urns.
Author
Series
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2006, 1991.
Language
English
Description
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, now streaming on Netflix, starring Essie Davis as the honourable Phryne Fisher
"As usual, Greenwood populates the novel with an assortment of offbeat characters...and Phryne has plenty of opportunities to unleash her acid tongue and apply her razor-sharp wit." -Booklist
The Hon. Phryne Fisher, languid and slightly bored at the start of 1929, has been engaged to find out if the antique-shop-owning son of a Pre-Raphaelite...
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
From the author of the bestselling Phryne Fisher Series comes Blood and Circuses, the next historical mystery featuring an unstoppable, elegant amateur sleuth. Can Miss Fisher uncover the truth without losing her life?
Looking for a thrilling detective novel? This story is:
• Perfect for Fans of Rhys Bowen and Jacqueline Winspear
• Inspired the Netflix show Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
• Movie Currently Streaming on Acorn TV
Phryne Fisher...
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Phryne joins the staff of a women's magazine to investigate the puzzling death of a famous author, and her personal life is thrown into chaos when she receives a mysterious summons from her Chinese lover's family, followed by a series of threats and warnings.
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