Phryne Fisher has plans for her Sydney sojourn--a few days at the Test
cricket, a little sightseeing and the Artist's Ball with an
up-and-coming young modernist. But these plans begin to go awry when
Phryne's maid discovers her thoroughly respectable sister has left her
family for the murky nightlife of the Cross. And Phryne is definitely
not the woman to say "no" when two delightful young men come to her on
bended knees, begging for her help in finding their friend innocent of
theft.
It all sounds simple enough as Phryne sets investigations into motion,
but when greed and fear are the motivating factors, people become
ruthless and Phryne finds herself enmeshed in blackmail, secrets, lies
and the dangerous influences of deep magic.