Queen of the Flowers - Books Babb.no

Paperback, 279 pages

Published 2004 by Allen & Unwin.

OCLC Number:: 57441509

(1 review)

The utterly delightful Phryne Fisher makes her very welcome appearance as St Kilda's Queen of the Flowers. But when a body washes up on the beach, she must leave the carnival and find the killer. This is the fourteenth seductive installment in the classic Phryne Fisher whodunnit series.With more than a dash of glamour and serious helpings of style, the witty and courageous Phryne Fisher returns.In 1928 St Kilda's streets hang with fairy lights. Magic shows, marionettes, tea dances, tango competitions, lifesaving demonstrations, lantern shows, and picnics on the beach are all part of the Flower Parade.And who else should be chosen to be Queen of the Flowers but the gorgeous, charming and terribly fashionable Hon Phryne Fisher? Phryne needs a new dress and a swimming costume but she also needs a lot of courage to confront her problems: a missing daughter, the return of an old lover, and a …

The utterly delightful Phryne Fisher makes her very welcome appearance as St Kilda's Queen of the Flowers. But when a body washes up on the beach, she must leave the carnival and find the killer. This is the fourteenth seductive installment in the classic Phryne Fisher whodunnit series.With more than a dash of glamour and serious helpings of style, the witty and courageous Phryne Fisher returns.In 1928 St Kilda's streets hang with fairy lights. Magic shows, marionettes, tea dances, tango competitions, lifesaving demonstrations, lantern shows, and picnics on the beach are all part of the Flower Parade.And who else should be chosen to be Queen of the Flowers but the gorgeous, charming and terribly fashionable Hon Phryne Fisher? Phryne needs a new dress and a swimming costume but she also needs a lot of courage to confront her problems: a missing daughter, the return of an old lover, and a young woman found drowned at the beach at Elwood.'Kerry Greenwood is one of Australia's leading writers of mystery fiction . . . Miss Fisher is a remarkable and engaging creature who can solve whodunits as easily as if she were the naughty niece of Miss Marple' Sydney Morning Herald'Greenwood provides us with lavish helpings of the ingredients essential to good popular fiction: food, frocks, furnishings and some essential frolicks beneath the sheets in Phryne's sea-green boudoir.' Sydney Morning Herald'Greenwood's prose has a dagger in its garter; her hero is raunchy and promiscuous in the best sense' Weekend Australian'Fisher, a feisty sophisticate of the 1920s whose honour lies with the greater good. She's all class and intelligence: a seductive creature with a great wardrobe.' Australian Style

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Windrose reviewed Queen of the Flowers by Kerry Greenwood

Review of 'Queen of the Flowers' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

Note: This applies to the US Kindle version.

And an odd version it is - hence the two stars. Is the book really by Kerry Greenwood? I wonder.

Lately I've had a grand ol' time reading through the Phryne Fisher mysteries. Despite a certain curiosity as to why vol. 1-3, then 10-18, but not 4-9 is available to me in the Kindle store, I've very much enjoyed the books. Some are better, some are worse, but all are entertaining.

Until this. Until a book which appears SO MUCH out of character that I wonder if the author is really the author. Suddenly, when a discreet doctor is needed for a female victim, Dr. Mac isn't even mentioned. A sister so effectively used in the previous book is suddenly ... not even mentioned.

Let's ignore the suddenly horrendous typography and layout, which made the Kindle book near unreadable. Let's skip the …

Note: This applies to the US Kindle version.

And an odd version it is - hence the two stars. Is the book really by Kerry Greenwood? I wonder.

Lately I've had a grand ol' time reading through the Phryne Fisher mysteries. Despite a certain curiosity as to why vol. 1-3, then 10-18, but not 4-9 is available to me in the Kindle store, I've very much enjoyed the books. Some are better, some are worse, but all are entertaining.

Until this. Until a book which appears SO MUCH out of character that I wonder if the author is really the author. Suddenly, when a discreet doctor is needed for a female victim, Dr. Mac isn't even mentioned. A sister so effectively used in the previous book is suddenly ... not even mentioned.

Let's ignore the suddenly horrendous typography and layout, which made the Kindle book near unreadable. Let's skip the out-of-character behaviour of the main characters.

The plot. What about the PLOT? "What about the plot?" I hear you ask. Yes. What about it? Where was the plot? I shan't spoil, but honestly I am tempted to retitle this volume: "The Chase for the Itinerant Plot".

This one was a shock to my system after the lovely #13 ("The Castlemain Murders") and the absolutely delightful #14 ("Death by Water").

Again: was this REALLY written by Kerry Greenwood? Ya could'v fooled me.