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Death by Misadventure (aka Cocaine Blues) (Phryne Fisher, Bk 1)
Death by Misadventure - aka Cocaine Blues - Phryne Fisher, Bk 1 Author:Kerry Greenwood A ROARING TWENTIES MYSTERY — Among flappers and dope fiends, dancers and the demimonde, anything goes--including murder... — Her life was a lark -- until she discovered mystery on the wing. — At the agitated behest of some very upper-crust British parents, beautiful, spunky Phyrne Fisher sailed from her adopted London back home to Australia. There,... more » she was charged with discovering whether young Lydia, a highbred girl married to a low-down scoundrel, was indeed as desperate as her letters sounded.
To her dismay, Phyrne soon learned that the characters who pass for cultured in the outback were not quite up to London standards. But she had a job to do, and neither blackmail, nor poisoning, nor passion could deter this jazz-age genius from picking up the scent of some very big and dangerous game indeed...