Unnatural Habits (Phryne Fisher, #19) in Aussie Readers

Jul 11, 2015 Brenda rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction, own-read, 2013-release, aussie-authors, mystery, read-on-kindle

When Miss Phryne Fisher observed a young woman being harassed by boys on the street, she intervened. But Polly Kettle wasn’t particularly grateful for her rescue – a reporter from a local paper in Melbourne she was filled with a determination to get ahead; to get her story at any cost. And her cost came when she vanished – it seemed she’d been abducted; Phryne was sure she would find her, with the help of her good friend, Jack Robinson the local policeman.

When three young women who were very pr ...more

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Apr 24, 2016 Kathryn rated it liked it

Shelves: added-because-part-of-series, australian-authors, reading-list-2016, audiobooks, fiction

Always an enjoyable book to listen to, although I got a bit lost at the end, but this is not unusual for me with murder mysteries! I also felt like the ending dragged a little - there seemed to be a lot of different threads in this one, some of which were wrapped up sooner than others, and I think it was that making me feel that the ending was dragging on.

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Jan 18, 2013 Tracey rated it liked it

Shelves: 2013, australian, fiction, crime

I have to admit that it has been some time since I read Phryne Fisher, I did manage a handful of the early novels, even watched the television series but was surprised to realise that Miss Fisher is up to book 19. This was no deterrent in reading Unnatural Habits for the only things that seemed to be different, from my memory of the earlier books, is that Phryne’s household has grown and she has more notoriety with the general public.
Miss Fisher is still her independent, free-wheeling, scandalo ...more

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Jan 04, 2021 Tien rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: australian-author, historical-fiction, mystery, australia, mm-21

Phryne Fisher's at it again; solving mysteries that stumped the indomitable Inspector Jack Robinson and saving the world (well, sort of, feels like it) while she's at it. I loved that Phryne is such a strong character and one who doesn't need saving because she'd do the saving herself but I found that last hour on audio a little overlong and anti-climatic. And of course, she can't do no wrong. I loved all her minions too; they all seem to have develop a most interesting characteristics especiall ...more

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Nov 23, 2012 Tango rated it liked it

This was my first Phrynne Fisher, after having seen the TV series which I really enjoyed. I imagine that these are the sort of books that grow on you as you come to know the characters (who are all vary likeable). Greenwood does a good job of setting the scene and her attention to detail was excellent. The story was a bit too twee for me and everything tied up a little too neatly. I didn't really worry that anything bad would actually happen to anyone and therefore the tension wasn't significant ...more

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Sep 28, 2012 Lia rated it really liked it

Hugh Collins appears to have been demoted. In Dead Man's Chest he had a new promotion to Detective Sergeant yet in Unnatural Habits he is back to Detective Constable. ...more

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