Murder in Williamstown - (Phryne Fisher Mysteries) by Kerry Greenwood

About the Book

"Awakening unusually early one morning, Phryne Fisher finds herself with a rare stretch of free time to fill. After dropping her daughters off for their school-sponsored charity work at the Blind Institute, she visits a university professor whose acquaintance she'd made--and admired--on a prior case. At lunch, the smitten professor invites Phryne to dine at his home in Williamstown later that week. Bookending her pleasant dinner with her new friend Jeoffrey, Phryne makes two disturbing discoveries: first, a discarded opium pipe in the park, and later the body of a Chinese man on the beach--cause of death not apparent, yet ultimately ruled a homicide. Shortly thereafter, the teenaged sister-in-law of Phryne's longtime lover Lin Chung disappears from her home. But when one of Jeoffrey's colleagues is murdered in front of a houseful of guests at a Chinese-themed party he is hosting, Phryne can't help but wonder--are the incidents all related somehow? And who on earth has been leaving notes in her letterbox, warning her to 'REPENT' and that 'THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH'--? In addition to the formidable and fashionable Phryne, this clever mystery once again features Phryne's three wards with their own mysteries to solve: Ruth and Jane, tracking an embezzler at the Institute, and Tinker, whose help Phryne enlists to uncover the author of the threatening missives"--

Book Synopsis

The Honourable Miss Phryne Fisher is up to her elegant eyebrows in mystery once again!

When private detective Phryne Fisher stumbles upon a lifeless man on the Williamstown shore and begins receiving ominous letters marked "REPENT," and "THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH," she knows something darker than scandal is stirring. At first, Phryne's week seems peacefully uneventful--she drops her daughters off at the Blind Institute for charity work and reconnects with a charismatic professor. But things quickly take a dark turn with the discovery of an opium pipe, a murder, and the disappearance of a teenage girl--the sister-in-law of Phryne's longtime lover Lin Chung.

As her daughters Ruth and Jane chase a financial swindle at the Blind Institute, and streetwise Tinker investigates the source of the threats, Phryne navigates a maze of academic rivalries, opium smuggling, and cultural tensions. With the walls closing in, the sharpest mind in Melbourne must outwit a killer whose cryptic messages haunt her every move.

From internationally bestselling author Kerry Greenwood comes a gripping new mystery in the beloved Miss Fisher series--praised for its wit, social bite, and unstoppable heroine.