Our glamorous lady detective, The Honourable Miss Phryne Fisher, swans into early 1929 Melbourne, fighting injustice with her pearl-handled pistol and her dagger-sharp wit. Never forgetting her experiences in the War, her upbringing in the back-alleys of Collingwood or the devastating loss of her sister, Phryne launches herself into a new slew of murder cases with relentless enthusiasm.
Our very modern heroine makes sure she is always the centre of attention and relishes every one of life?s moments, hunting lost treasure and washed up bodies at the seaside, taking over the direction on a silent movie set, or tracking lost jewels through the world of high fashion or at the football field.
Pleased Jack seems finally convinced she?s an asset his investigations, Phryne cannot resist flirting with him at any opportunity to see his cheeks turn pink. However, once Phryne senses Jack?s unfinished business with his former in-laws however, she has carte blanche to throw herself into romantic distraction with renewed zeal ? even though it?s obvious even to Jack?s ex-wife, Rosie, how large she still looms large in Jack?s life.