- Title:
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Death by Water
- Series:
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A Phryne Fisher Mystery #15
- Written by:
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Kerry Greenwood
- Read by:
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Stephanie Daniel
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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7
- Duration:
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8 hours 7 minutes
- Published:
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June 01 2015
- Available Date:
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June 01 2015
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781489022783
- Genres:
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Fiction; Australian Fiction; Detective; Historical; Historical Fiction; Humorous Fiction; Mystery
- Publisher:
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ABC Audio
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"Brimming with glamour, high life, and a hint of debauchery, Greenwood's series delivers a literary glass of champagne, lifting readers' spirits while tickling their fancies."
Booklist
"Greenwood's prose has a dagger in its garter."
The Australian
The 1920s' most elegant and irrepressible sleuth returns.
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 it is a passenger who 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.
"Phryne Fisher hits the high seas for her latest adventure. The management of a luxury liner, the S.S. HINEMOA, are worried because there's been a spate of jewel thefts on the ship. Phryne has been called in to investigate as the ship sails to New Zealand. Narrator Stephanie Daniel expertly recreates the mood and vocabulary of the 1920s. She also excels with the diverse accents of Dot, Phryne's feisty maid and companion; the Maori staff; and the ship's all-female orchestra. As Phryne wears a priceless jewel and puts herself in danger, she flirts 'naughtily' in the line of duty. These scenes are cleverly rendered by Daniel. Both the story and its narration are a delightful reminder of a bygone era."
AudioFile Magazine