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Death At Victoria Dock (Phryne Fisher #4)
Driving home late one night, Phryne Fisher is surprised when someone shoots out her windscreen. She alights to finds a pretty young man with an anarchist tattoo dying on the tarmac just outside the dock gates. He bleeds to death in her arms...and all over her silk shirt. Enraged by the loss of the clothing, the damage to her car, and this senseless waste of human life, Phr...more
ebook, 164 pages
Published
January 5th 2012
by Poisoned Pen Press
(first published 1992)
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#4. Death at Victoria Dock (1992). [5 hrs 30 mins]
blurb - Driving home late one night, Phryne Fisher is surprised when someone shoots out her windscreen. When she alights she finds a pretty young man with an anarchist tattoo dying on the tarmac just outside the dock gates. He bleeds to death in her arms, and all over her silk shirt. Enraged by the loss of the clothing, the damage to her car, and this senseless waste of human life, Phryne promises to find out who is responsible. But she doesn't y...more
DEATH AT VICTORIA DOCK (Private Investigator-Australia- VG
Greenwood, Kerry –4th in series
Allen & Unwin, 1992- Australian paperback
The Honorable Phryne Fisher becomes involved in hunting down anarchists after they shoot out her windscreen, and cause her to hold an attractive young man in her arms as he dies. The trail leads her to a tattoo parlor, spiritualist, a new lover and her “family” being in danger. Simultaneously, she is looking for a young girl who has run away from home wanting to j...more
Greenwood, Kerry –4th in series
Allen & Unwin, 1992- Australian paperback
The Honorable Phryne Fisher becomes involved in hunting down anarchists after they shoot out her windscreen, and cause her to hold an attractive young man in her arms as he dies. The trail leads her to a tattoo parlor, spiritualist, a new lover and her “family” being in danger. Simultaneously, she is looking for a young girl who has run away from home wanting to j...more
Jun 04, 2013
P.d.r. Lindsay
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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historical-mysteries
This is the fourth in that delightful 1920s mystery series by Kerry Greenwood about the Honourable Phryne Fisher. Phryne is the woman we'd all like to be, debonair, independent and brilliant, the Australian private investigator who never turns a hair.
Phyrne is driving home past the Victorian Dock when some blaggard shoots at her smashing her beautiful car's windscreen. The two men continue shooting. Phryne is outraged, more so when she finds that what the men originally shot was a handsome youn...more
Phryne Fisher is back! One night while driving home, Phryne is shocked to find that someone is shooting at her. Not only do they shoot out her windscreen but she also finds that a lovely young fellow with an anarchist tattoo has also been shot and dies in her arms.
Phyrne is enraged by the loss of her clothing due to the dying man's blood, the damage to her car and the horrible loss of such a young life. Promising that she will find who is responsible and make them pay Phryne sets out to identif...more
Phyrne is enraged by the loss of her clothing due to the dying man's blood, the damage to her car and the horrible loss of such a young life. Promising that she will find who is responsible and make them pay Phryne sets out to identif...more
Rating: 2.5* of five
Death at Victoria Dock by Kerry Greenwood is the fourth installment in the Phryne Fisher series.
I am seriously irked. This Greenwood moll has something against teenaged girls, and puts them repeatedly in the most heinous jeopardy imaginable and then when they're extricated all is suddenly sweetness and light.
I don't do book reports, because if I want to know what a book's about I read it. I also hate spoilers. But I am about to make a big fat plot-ruining spoiler here, so go...more
Death at Victoria Dock by Kerry Greenwood is the fourth installment in the Phryne Fisher series.
I am seriously irked. This Greenwood moll has something against teenaged girls, and puts them repeatedly in the most heinous jeopardy imaginable and then when they're extricated all is suddenly sweetness and light.
I don't do book reports, because if I want to know what a book's about I read it. I also hate spoilers. But I am about to make a big fat plot-ruining spoiler here, so go...more
As much as I've loved the frst Phryne Fisher books, I think Death at Victoria Dock is the book in which the series has really hit it's stride.
The characterisations continue to be very well written, the stories are similar; but each is different and exciting and criminally nasty and new. Some of the dialogue in this book was superb. It felt as though it could have come straight out of my head. It takes a very good writer to be able to invoke that feeling in a reader.
The fantastic nature of Phryne...more
The characterisations continue to be very well written, the stories are similar; but each is different and exciting and criminally nasty and new. Some of the dialogue in this book was superb. It felt as though it could have come straight out of my head. It takes a very good writer to be able to invoke that feeling in a reader.
The fantastic nature of Phryne...more
I've read three of these books about Phryne (rhymes with briney) Fisher, a liberated female detective living in Australia in the 1910s after World War I. I really enjoy the writing, the characters are fascinating, the plots are well drawn, and the history is fantastic. Death at Victoria Dock is probably my favorite of the three I read. Phryne is trying to track down two anarchists from Latvia who killed one of their members because of his loose mouth and then shot at her because she happened to...more
According to my Goodreads history, I read this book in paper format several years ago. I now wonder whether I just guessed that I had read it, since when I listened to the audiobook, I didn't recall any of the plot points, and they were quite memorable.
Phryne Fisher, the rich and beautiful young woman who is the heroine of this series set in 1920s Melbourne, Australia, is driving her Hispano-Suiza near Victoria Dock when her windscreen is shot out and she observes two men fleeing. Alighting to a...more
Phryne Fisher, the rich and beautiful young woman who is the heroine of this series set in 1920s Melbourne, Australia, is driving her Hispano-Suiza near Victoria Dock when her windscreen is shot out and she observes two men fleeing. Alighting to a...more
I have missed Important Plot Points by reading this and not the third in the series - I had no idea Phryne got hooked up with her adoptive daughters so early on in the series. Serves me right for reading out of order I suppose.
Greenwood's writing and comfort with the characters and the era has progressed in leaps and bounds from the second adventure (the last one I read), Flying Too High, and the set pieces are better handled and more fun than they have been yet.
I still get the feeling that all...more
Greenwood's writing and comfort with the characters and the era has progressed in leaps and bounds from the second adventure (the last one I read), Flying Too High, and the set pieces are better handled and more fun than they have been yet.
I still get the feeling that all...more
Once again, Detective Phryne Fisher finds herself in trouble. She never asks for it; she never looks for it; but yet she seems to stumble upon it all the time. On the plus side, she has a stream of handsome men always at her heels. In this one, Phryne tries to bust a ring of anarchists who are looking to rob a bank with an automatic machine gun. She also hunts for a girl with a book of secrets who has gone missing.
My favorite moment in this book was when Phryne went into the tattoo parlor to get...more
My favorite moment in this book was when Phryne went into the tattoo parlor to get...more
Short, breezy, with lightly sketched characters and a flimsy plot, this isn't great literature—but it is great fun. This is the fourth of the Phryne Fisher books, and perfectly comprehensible to me though I hadn't read the previous three. Phryne is newly returned to 1920s Australia after several years spent in Europe—wealthy, independent-minded, smart and practical, she sets herself up as a private detective. This installment has anarchists, nuns, marvellous descriptions of cloche hats, and not...more
I am really falling in love with Phryne. This was another book I saw as part if the ABC (Australia) television production before reading it. The differences were significant, but not enough to destroy the enjoyment of either the book or the episode.
Phryne is a great, strong character with equally well-written supporting characters. I really can't speak as to the stereotypes, as I know very little of the history of the area at the time period, but I can guess that some of supporting players are s...more
Phryne is a great, strong character with equally well-written supporting characters. I really can't speak as to the stereotypes, as I know very little of the history of the area at the time period, but I can guess that some of supporting players are s...more
Jun 26, 2011
Gail
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
mysteries-historical,
mysteries
The Honourable Phryne Fisher is driving home by the docks in Melbourne when she is shot at and ends up holding a beautiful young man as he bleeds to death. Phryne hates the waste of beautiful young men and so pursues why she this event occurred. What follows includes anarchists, tattoos, and terrible, bloody plots in this mystery novel between the Wars.
Another very good book from Greenwood. All the characters are interesting, the mysteries exciting and intricate, in a good way. An excellent ser...more
Another very good book from Greenwood. All the characters are interesting, the mysteries exciting and intricate, in a good way. An excellent ser...more
BOTTOM LINE: #4 Phrynne Fisher, Investigator, Melbourne, Australia, 1928; gently satirical thriller, historical. A young girl from A Good Family goes missing, a beautiful young man dies (bloodily) in Phrynne’s arms, and Latvian revolutionaries seem to have exported their feuds to Australia, involving Phrynne and Company in bank robberies, kidnaping, seances, several pairs of lovers’ quarrels, and a lot more. Very satisfying, and terrific writing, although IMO the ending is too unrelievedly sweet...more
Set in Australia in the years following World War I, the Phryne Fisher mysteries may be improbable but they're lots of fun. Phryne started out poor in Australia, ended up rich in England because of a distant relative's death, but ends up back in Australia seeking adventure by becoming a private investigator. Phryne is an extremely liberated woman even for the Jazz Age and the books are worth reading for the descriptions of her clothes alone, but the mysteries are good too.
I love Phyrne. I love her precisely because she is not the most realistic character in the world. She knows who she is and makes no apologies. She strong-willed, sensual, and intelligent yet also very compassionate. She always sets everything right in the end and this is why I chose this as an audiobooks to listen to while knitting and waiting for my son to have his tonsils out. It was wonderful to be able to cheer on Phyrne while worrying about my little Rabbit.
This 4th novel in the Phrynee Fisher series deals with anarchists, a dysfunctional family (and boy, it is dysfunctional). The girls are home from a school break and get in the action, kinda. Dot meets her man and Phrynee meets a wonderful man who of course leaves at the end.
A good, strong mystery, with lots of actions and twists and most of the secondary characters get there moments to shine and the readers learn more about them. Greenwood is getting better at showing not telling.
A good, strong mystery, with lots of actions and twists and most of the secondary characters get there moments to shine and the readers learn more about them. Greenwood is getting better at showing not telling.
I like this series, with an appealing and impossible heroine. I like the Australian setting though I have no idea how accurateit is as a depiction of the real place in the times. This one has anarchists and kidnapped girls and lots of wharf activities related to terrorism of the day. It is a good read to relax in the evening, would make good beach reading as well. nothing too mind-taxing but not insipid, either. Phryne is a good character.
Okay ... I'm not sure what's going on here but this is the 3rd book in the series to get into sexual abuse of young girls. I'm not sure whether the author is trying to draw attention to a little known issue in the roaring 20s in Australia or whether there's something weirder going on here. It really is beginning to detract from the books entirely and even seems a bit perverted. I'm going to give #5 a try but if it's another with a sideline story about the abuse of young girls I'm done.
Rating: 5.5/10
This one is better than number 3 but not as good as number 1 or 2. I didn't feel like the mysteries were very thrilling. I felt like her latest beau was a bit boring. Phyrne is still her typical self but I feel like Kerry Greenwood has lost her edge. Hopefully she picks it up in the next book in the series.
The Questions:
Entertaining?: Not the most entertaining from the Phryne series
Addictive?: Not really
Impacting?: No
Thought provoking?: No
Clean?: Mild sexual references
Read it again...more
This one is better than number 3 but not as good as number 1 or 2. I didn't feel like the mysteries were very thrilling. I felt like her latest beau was a bit boring. Phyrne is still her typical self but I feel like Kerry Greenwood has lost her edge. Hopefully she picks it up in the next book in the series.
The Questions:
Entertaining?: Not the most entertaining from the Phryne series
Addictive?: Not really
Impacting?: No
Thought provoking?: No
Clean?: Mild sexual references
Read it again...more
Phryne takes up promiscuously with a wharf anarchist to solve a murder of a young Latvian. Phryne adoptive daughters help her with another case of a schoolmate Alicia May Waddington-Forsythe who wants to become a nun. But mainly Alicia is holding on to a horrible family secret.
Another "up all night because I have to finish this" book dammit.
Miss Fisher does the usual and asks questions where she shouldn't. Dot, her companion, turns out not to be the simpering miss she sometimes appears. All in all, a good edge of the seat book.
Miss Fisher does the usual and asks questions where she shouldn't. Dot, her companion, turns out not to be the simpering miss she sometimes appears. All in all, a good edge of the seat book.
It's no secret I adore Phryne Fisher - and this book is no exception. Although the communist plot is hard to follow for someone not completely au fait with 'The Revolution', as usual we are taken on an exciting romp through the good and bad parts of Melbourne during that time between wars. Wonderful.
Nov 15, 2009
Terri
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
historical-fiction,
mysteries
Phryne Fisher is driving down by the docks, when the windshield of her car is shot out. She then finds a dying boy and gets mixed up with Latvian anarchists and their revolutionary plans. I really like Phryne and friends and this is no exception.
Anarchists, murder and kidnapping. Death at Victoria Dock starts with a shooting, which leads Phryne to a dangerous group of Latvians. There's the usual cast of supporting characters, Dot, Jane, Ruth, Bert and Sec, but no Jack Robinson.
In some ways it's fun to spot the difference between the books and the tv series.
Entertaining read.
In some ways it's fun to spot the difference between the books and the tv series.
Entertaining read.
Apr 15, 2011
Michele bookloverforever
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
mystery,
historical-fiction
Phryne stumbles into a gunfight on the way home one night. A young man is murdered and dies in her arms. She is attacked but escapes and vows to find the murderers and bring them to justice. She does so quite well.
Refer to comments - books 1 through 3.
Incidentally, these last three audiobooks end with a chat between author Kerry Greenwood and narrator Stephanie Daniel. An extra bit of fun that I hope continues.
Incidentally, these last three audiobooks end with a chat between author Kerry Greenwood and narrator Stephanie Daniel. An extra bit of fun that I hope continues.
Another great Phryne Fisher adventure. This heroine does get around. This is another fast-paced book which is set in 1928, Melbourne, Australia. This one centers around anarchists, dock strikes, and murder. Plucky Dot even play a more major role in this tale.
Very easy reading, but it's fun to follow the regular characters through their latest adventure. As an expat Aussie, I'm also enjoying colloquial expressions that I haven't heard for many years.
Mar 27, 2013
Michelle
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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mmm-2013-michelle-c
I always enjoy Kerry Greenwood's Phryne Fisher mysteries. However, this one was not one of my favorites of the series. Too much about Russian/Latvian revolutionaries and anarchists.
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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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