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"One of the most exciting and dangerous of the adventures into which Phryne's fabulous and risky lifestyle has led her" —Kirkus Reviews

It's Christmas, and Phryne has an invitation to the Last Best party of 1928, a four-day extravaganza being hosted at the Werribee Manor House by the Golden Twins, Isabella and Gerald Templar. Phryne is of two minds about going. But when threats begin arriving in the mail, she promptly decides

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Phryne Fisher must save the attendants of 1928's most stylish party from murder in this Australian caper.

Phryne Fisher goes undercover as a trick-horse-rider to look into the suspicious activities at Farrell's Circus and Wild Beast Show. Meanwhile, a member of the circus has been murdered in a local boarding house, and Inspector Jack Robinson begins to investigate.

"When a mysterious invitation arrives for the redoubtable Miss Phryne Fisher from an unknown retired Captain Herbert Spencer, Phryne's curiosity is piqued. Spencer runs a retreat in Victoria's rural spa country for shell-shocked veterans of World War I. It's a cause after Phryne's own heart, but what can Spencer want from her? Phryne and her faithful servant Dot set out for Daylesford, viewing their rural sojourn as a short holiday. But the pair barely...

When a mysterious young man is murdered right before her eyes, Phryne Fisher is determined to find out who is responsible. She soon finds herself entangled with Latvian anarchists, and things get serious when a young girl goes missing. To complicate matters, her assistant Dot is kidnapped, Phryne will stop at nothing to get her back.

While trying to keep her bakery afloat amidst business loss to a recently opened discount bakery, Corinna Chapman tries to uncover reasons for her boyfriend's unexplained disappearances and the machinations of his ex, who's moved into his house and who she suspects is up to something.

When Corinna Chapman bites into a gourmet chocolate and finds it filled with something other than what she was expecting, she becomes embroiled in an investigation into who could be tampering with the chocolate. Meanwhile, Corinna also attempts to discern who the odd man is that has moved in upstairs.

Affluent community leader Benjamin Abrahams hires Phryne Fisher to investigate the death of scholarly Jewish immigrant Simon Michaels and to clear the name of his tenant, bookseller Sylvia Lee. As she dives deeper into the mystery, she finds herself immersed in the Melbourne Jewish community during the 1920s and uncovers what Simon was researching that caused him to be killed.

Corinna Chapman, baker and owner of the Earthly Delights Bakery, loves spending her days baking fresh baked goods. But when a strange cult arrives in town asking for famine bread, Corianna is more than a little confused. After a body is found, dead due to malnutrition, she begins to suspect the cult has something to do with the murder and starts to investigate. To complicate things further, her estranged mother shows up to inform her that her father...