From the author of the bestselling Phryne Fisher Series comes Blood
and Circuses, the next historical mystery featuring an unstoppable,
elegant amateur sleuth. Can Miss Fisher uncover the truth without losing
her life?
Looking for a thrilling detective novel? This story is:
- Perfect for Fans of Rhys Bowen and Jacqueline Winspear
- Inspired the Netflix show Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
- Movie Currently Streaming on Acorn TV
Phryne Fisher is bored. Life appears to be too easy, too perfect. Her
household is ordered, her love life is pleasant, the weather is fine.
And then a man from her past arrives at the door. It is Alan Lee from
the carnival. Alan and his friends want her to investigate strange
happenings at Farrells Circus, where animals have been poisoned and
ropes sabotaged. Mr. Christopher has been found with his throat cut in
Mrs. Witherspoon's irreproachable boarding house and Miss Parkes, an
ex-performer, is charged with his murder.
Phryne must go undercover deeper than ever to solve the circus malaise.
She must abandon her name, her title, her protection, her comfort, even
her clothes. She must fall off a horse twice a day until she can stay
on. She must sleep in a girls' tent and dine on mutton stew. She must
find some allies--and maybe a circus romance. Meanwhile, in Melbourne,
the young and fresh-faced policeman Tommy Harris has to solve his own
mysteries with the help of the foul-spoken harridan Lizard Elsie, or
Miss Parkes will certainly hang. Can Phryne take on this great circus
mystery before disaster strikes?
