Murder and Mendelssohn

 Murder and Mendelssohn

Reviewed By  Janet Mawdesley       November 10, 2013

 

Author  Kerry Greenwood

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ISBN:                 9781742379562
Publisher:         Allen & Unwin
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In this her twentieth case Phryne Fisher has to pull out all stops to get her man in a mystery that almost, but not quite, has her and the Melbourne Police baffled. But get her man she does, in more ways than one!

The crime is almost perfect and Phryne has to call on her past to help solve the case of who or whom is poisoning the Melbourne Harmony Choirs conductors.

 The first conductor went out in a flamboyant manner, the second rather quietly and discretely and the third victim, but not a conductor, in a splash that really raised eyebrows, but thankfully failed.

To go along with this very trying series of murders Phryne meets up with an old friend, John Watson, from the Great War days who is the companion to a stunningly beautiful mathematician currently taking Melbourne Society by storm with his complex series of lectures.

Unfortunately Rupert Sheffield seems to be attracting the notice of the Melbourne Underworld, simply by being in town. This is placing John Watson in danger which Phryne simply won’t allow. She draws on her past and friends from MI6 to help protect John Watson, see if the murders of the conductors fits into the same frame work as what appears to be attempts on Rupert Sheffield’s life, and then discovers there is definitely more going on that there appears.

As with all Phryne Fisher adventures, the plot is complex, her friends many and varied, her love life boisterous and plentiful, and the world of crime fighting eventually  gets sorted out with the help of her trusty extended family and stalwarts Dot and Mrs and Mrs Butler.

So, grab a good glass of red, a large box of chocolates and settle in for a great read with this latest onslaught on the criminal world, Phryne Fisher style.

Fiction