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Away With the Fairies (Phryne Fisher #11)
It's 1928, and the globetrotting, glamorous Phryne (rhymes with briny) is at home near Melbourne, missing her lover, Lin Chung, who is on a silk-buying trip in China. When Phryne's detective friend, Jack, asks for her help investigating the murder of Miss Lavender, a well-known author of fairy stories, Phryne is glad of the distraction. The investigation leads to a tempora...more
Paperback, 241 pages
Published
October 1st 2006
by Poisoned Pen Press
(first published 2001)
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Another delightful adventure with the Hon. Miss Fisher. The murder mystery is light on the gloom-and-guts and more focuses on the diverse cast of suspects. Though the mystery is intriguing enough, I feel the real strength of Greenwood's writing is in her characterization and humor. A treat!
NB (SPOILER if you haven't read earlier books!): Though this is Book Eleven, it's the second Fisher mystery I read (due to trouble securing a copy of the official #2) and I found it easy enough to slip back i...more
NB (SPOILER if you haven't read earlier books!): Though this is Book Eleven, it's the second Fisher mystery I read (due to trouble securing a copy of the official #2) and I found it easy enough to slip back i...more
Dec 09, 2012
Ivonne Rovira
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
lovers of British cozies or historical mysteries
Australian author Kerry Greenwood has outdone herself with the 11th novel in the Phryne Fisher series, Away with the Fairies. Suspenseful throughout, the novel deals with two unrelated mysteries: the murder of the twee Marcella Lavender and the disappearance of Phryne's lover, Lin Chung, while on a trip to his native China.
Miss Lavender wrote the agony aunt column for a magazine called The Women's Choice, which championed a more progressive role for women in society, as well as writing and illu...more
Miss Lavender wrote the agony aunt column for a magazine called The Women's Choice, which championed a more progressive role for women in society, as well as writing and illu...more
I didn't find this quite as good as some of her earlier books, However, it was still fast paced, with all the characters we have come to know, and Phryne is her usual classy lady detective. She even deigns to become employed as a fashion journalist, in the interests of solving the murder of an 'agony aunt', who pokes her nose into other people's affairs once too often!
Away With The Fairies by Kerry Greenwood
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I didn't find this quite as good as some of her earlier books, Ho...more
Away With The Fairies by Kerry GreenwoodMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
I didn't find this quite as good as some of her earlier books, Ho...more
Away With The Fairies is the eleventh novel in the popular Phryne Fisher series by Australian author, Kerry Greenwood. Fresh from solving crimes in Sydney, Phryne is asked by DI Jack Robinson to help out in the investigation of the death of artist and author of fairy tales, Marcelle Lavender. When the autopsy indicates murder by poisoning, Phryne finds herself with three sets of suspects: the residents of the apartment block to which Miss Lavender’s Garden Apartment was attached; Miss Lavender’s...more
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I love Phryne (Fry-knee) Fisher. If I lived in the late 1920’s/early 1930’s, I would want to be her. She is fun, fancy and loves life. She also is in love with Lin Chung, or better yet finally admits to her love of him for various reasons. Don’t get me wrong, this is a murder-mystery through and through, but Greenwood puts just the right about of romance into the story. Plus, Lin Chung never once tries to change Phryne, his old-world grandmother does, but Lin C...more
I love Phryne (Fry-knee) Fisher. If I lived in the late 1920’s/early 1930’s, I would want to be her. She is fun, fancy and loves life. She also is in love with Lin Chung, or better yet finally admits to her love of him for various reasons. Don’t get me wrong, this is a murder-mystery through and through, but Greenwood puts just the right about of romance into the story. Plus, Lin Chung never once tries to change Phryne, his old-world grandmother does, but Lin C...more
I thought this was one of the more humorous and light-hearted Phryne Fisher novels, although her true feelings for Lin Chung are finally revealed. There is a lot of adventure, and many characters to keep track of. The book starts off with Miss Lavender, a well-known author of stories about fairies, being found dead in her little fairy-decorated cottage. Miss Lavender worked for a ladies' magazine & Phryne decides to join the staff there, not only to investigate this case, but also to lend he...more
I really liked this mystery. I haven't read any of the previous entries in the series, so I was not very invested in some of the relationships between recurring characters. It was a perfect light historical mystery that reminded me of the Tommy and Tuppence mysteries by Agatha Christie that I enjoyed when I was younger. The narrator's voice was what really hooked me on the story. Stephanie Daniel did a wonderful job with all the different voices; I don't think I would have enjoyed this as much i...more
This book is set in 1920s Australia and features an independent woman amateur detective. Lately I've been reading the Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear (1920s Britain, independent woman detective) and this book didn't benefit from the comparison. The language was often distractingly sloppy. I had a hard time keeping track of the suspects and I think the thin character descriptions played a big part. Overall, I was disappointed and happy to finish the book so I could move on to something...more
BOTTOM LINE: #11 Phryne Fisher, Investigator, Melbourne Australia, 1928; historical PI/thriller. When a sickeningly sweet children’s author gets herself killed in her pinkly infested fairytale house, Phryne goes undercover as a fashion writer at the magazine that made the author’s stories famous. A solidly plotted murder mystery, with lots of suspects, beautifully crafted settings and characters, and well-researched historical bits, this entry in the long series has “something extra!”.
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Okay, finished Kerry Greenwood's Away with the Fairies. It was very good, but I still think Phryne is a snob. But she is a likable snob. I look forward to reading more of her books.
This is the 14th book of the series. I hope I can get my hands on the others. Found out that some are in paperback in the US, they are just as much as hardback though, not much difference in price... in that case I'd just by the hardback, LOL.
Very good series.
This passage conveys something more than the cool and aloof...more
This is the 14th book of the series. I hope I can get my hands on the others. Found out that some are in paperback in the US, they are just as much as hardback though, not much difference in price... in that case I'd just by the hardback, LOL.
Very good series.
This passage conveys something more than the cool and aloof...more
2001/ Fun to read.
Set in Melbourne, Aus. in the 1920s.
Private [and wealthy] detective Miss Fisher is another Peter Wimsey -- good looking, talented in many many ways, wise, clever, tactful and so on. Need I mention: brilliant at solving crimes.
Not a book to take seriously, but well written and interesting to read.
Unusual her connection/lover being part of a large and wealthy Chinese family [based in Melbourne].
Set in Melbourne, Aus. in the 1920s.
Private [and wealthy] detective Miss Fisher is another Peter Wimsey -- good looking, talented in many many ways, wise, clever, tactful and so on. Need I mention: brilliant at solving crimes.
Not a book to take seriously, but well written and interesting to read.
Unusual her connection/lover being part of a large and wealthy Chinese family [based in Melbourne].
Kerry Greenwood writes light, witty, entertaining short novels. They are the equivalent of sitcoms on television and are more enchanting to me. What is particularly charming about this kind of read is the mental relief from the heavier drama of most fiction and much nonfiction these days.
One is free to imagine the setting, people it with the cast of characters, and color in the scenery within the author's guidelines. Ms Greenwood is a past master at plot, characterization, grammar and even resea...more
One is free to imagine the setting, people it with the cast of characters, and color in the scenery within the author's guidelines. Ms Greenwood is a past master at plot, characterization, grammar and even resea...more
I especially enjoyed this Phryne Fisher mystery. It is actually two separate mysteries that happen in the same timeframe. One of them, I had no idea whodunit until the author revealed it. The other one, it was very near the end before I was pretty sure who the villain was. So it really held my interest.
I liked the story involving Lin in this Phryne Fisher outing. Having read a few of the books back to back, I'm starting to take for granted the world that Greenwood has created, including all the fantastic details of Australia in the 1920s. Nonetheless, it is very impressive, and I shall eagerly read another.
Since Lin Chung is off to China to trade for silk, Phryne is off investigating the death of Ms. Lavender who writes for Women's Choice. Phryne must investigate the staff and find out who did it while worrying when Lin is kidnapped. Its Phryne to the rescue!
The Phryne Fisher books continue to please me no end. This one was again inhabited by characters with all too human flaws, crimes based on fundamental base emotions and Phryne's usual cast of familiar companions, all of whom develop more layers with every successive book.
The plot involved the murder of a woman who was obsessed with fairies and wrote for a woman's magazine. Social issues of the times were explored, along with fashion, intrigue and the wisdom of giving advice without experience.
As...more
The plot involved the murder of a woman who was obsessed with fairies and wrote for a woman's magazine. Social issues of the times were explored, along with fashion, intrigue and the wisdom of giving advice without experience.
As...more
Phryne Fisher is called in to investigate the death of a woman named Lavendar who was obsessed with fairies. Her quirky neighbors all hide secrets as do her coworkers at a women's magazine. In addition, Lin Chung has been kidnapped on a Chinese silk buying trip. Very witty and fun mystery.
I'm really tempted to give this 5 stars; it's certainly 4+. Li Pen is tortured and Lin Chung is missing and in real danger of being killed, while Phryne herself is attacked several times by Chinese men, all of which brings out the full extent of Phryne's temper and taste for revenge. While she is searching for Lin Chung, Phryne is asked to solve the murder of a woman who surrounded herself with fairies, and does some detecting and fashion consulting at the ladies' magazine where the woman worked...more
Never read any Phryne Fisher novels before, but I like the tone of novel and the intelligence of Phryne. Reminds me a bit of Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear. I love strong and witty female characters, but who also show compassion and empathy.
I enjoyed this book very much. I like the series. I love the heroine and her love interest. I love the peripheral characters. I like the humor.
The whole series is a bit silly and far fetched, but its entirely entertaining and reminds me of golden age mysteries. Very fun fluff.
One of my favorite Phryne Fisher mysteries - there are pirates, magazine skulduggery, and an absolutely thrilling rescue. This series is so much fun!
I am back and completely enthralled in this series, I couldn't put this one down today.
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Light hearted, entertaining fluff. I will continue to work my way through the entire series.
Pretty fluffy...okay read for someone with tons of interuptions...the story line is simple and the characters are the same as in other books.
Wonderful style, great heroine. Lots of fun for us non-Aussies to read.
Hmm, I thought this one was kind of a mess. The two plotlines didn't really go together.
Great fun. A gentle and stylish murder mystery in a happily unrealistic 1920s Melbourne.
A fun listen with an entertaining plot and clever characters. While this is the 11th in the series, it is my first encounter. I don't plan on making it my last.
entertaining as usual! I think I skipped a few in the series though.
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Kerry Greenwood was born in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray and after wandering far and wide, she returned to live there. She has a degree in English and Law from Melbourne University and was admitted to the legal profession on the 1st April 1982, a day which she finds both soothing and significant.
Kerry has written twenty novels, a number of plays, including The Troubadours with Stephen D'Arcy,...more
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