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Brenda
The murder of a particularly odious conductor, the request from DI Jack Robinson for Phryne’s help, and the delightfully astounding sight of her old friend John Wilson – now Doctor John Wilson – was pumping Miss Phryne Fisher’s pulse. And she could feel a mystery – maybe several - coming on…

With her family at her back – Mr and Mrs Butler, Dot, Jane, Ruth and Tinker, along with Molly and Ember – Phryne attacked the latest atrocities with fervor. The added need to protect John Wilson from someone
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Kathryn
Since I sing in a choir myself, I really enjoyed the choir aspects of this most recent Phryne Fisher mystery. And I am so very glad that our conductor is nothing like the first 2 conductors described in this!

I became quite lost in the Ratcliffe part of the mystery and couldn’t really work out what was happening at all - I was listening to it on audiobook, so my attention probably wandered at a (or several) critical point so that I missed something vital and then couldn’t connect the dots without
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Tien
Phryne Fisher is at it again. Solving murders, joining in revelries, encountering gorgeous men, and this time, a little bit of matchmaking. Well, the matchmaking sounds like a lot of work because the guy was a little more than clueless. Well-tensioned plot with unguessable ending (not even for our intrepid detective), Murder & Mendelssohn is a lovely romp through Melbourne streets.

Note: I feel that Jack Robinson is so different from the first time that we encounter him in Cocaine Blues though...
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Sally
Jul 03, 2013 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Kathryn
Sep 12, 2013 rated it it was amazing
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Nov 19, 2013 marked it as to-read
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Jul 04, 2014 rated it really liked it
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Jun 15, 2015 rated it it was amazing
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