Murder in Montparnasse

Murder in Montparnasse

Always enticing in

divine twenties fashion, Phryne, one of the most exciting and likeable

heroines in crime writing today, leads us through a tightly plotted maze

of thrilling adventure set in 1920s Australia.The divine Phryne Fisher returns to lead another dance of intrigue.Seven

Australian soldiers, carousing in Paris in 1918, unknowingly witness a

murder and their presence has devastating consequences. Ten years later,

two are dead ... under very suspicious circumstances.Phryne's

wharfie mates, Bert and Cec, appeal to her for help. They were part of

this group of soldiers in 1918 and they fear for their lives and for

those of the other three men. It's only as Phryne delves into the

investigation that she, too, remembers being in Montparnasse on that

very same day.While Phryne is occupied with memories of

Montparnasse past and the race to outpace the murderer, she finds

troubles of a different kind at home. Her lover, Lin Chung, is about to

be married. And the effect this is having on her own usually peaceful

household is disastrous.