Seven Australian soldiers, carousing in Paris in 1918, unknowingly
witness a murder and their presence has devastating consequences. Ten
years later, two are dead, under very suspicious circumstances. Phryne's
wharfie mates, Bert and Cec, appeal to her for help. They were part of
this group of soldiers in 1918 and they fear for their lives and for
those of the other three men. It's only as Phryne delves into the
investigation that she, too, remembers being in Montparnasse on that
very same day. While Phryne is occupied with memories of Montparnasse
past and the race to outpace the murderer, she finds troubles of a
different kind at home. Her lover, Lin Chung, is about to be married.
And the effect this is having on her own usually peaceful household is
disastrous.