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"Among Phryne's pleasantly dashing adventures, this one stands out for its emphasis on sexual orientation and institutional coverups." ―Kirkus Reviews STARRED review
The decidedly raven-haired Miss Phryne Fisher returns to delve deep into the dark side of Melbourne, Australia.
It's 1929, and girls are going missing. Little, pretty golden-haired girls. And they're not just pretty. Three of them are pregnant, poor girls from the harsh confines of the Magdalene Laundry. People are getting nervous.
Polly Kettle, a pushy, self-important girl reporter with ambition and no sense of self preservation, decides to investigate and promptly goes missing herself.
It's time for Phryne and Dot to put a stop to this and find Polly Kettle before something quite irreparable happens to all of the missing girls. It's all piracy and dark cellars, convents and plots, murder and mystery...and Phryne finally finds out if it's true that blondes have more fun.
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"I have read all of the Phryne Fisher books in order. This woman has a steel backbone with a heart of gold. Her adventures never fail to draw you in,and you are rooting for her the whole time. Not sure the police would really be that understanding but it always make for a good story and this does take place in Australia in the '20s. I like that she never forgets where she came from and will do anything to make a child's life better if she can.
One more thing.....I saw a 1 star review because of the authors description of the treatment of unwed mothers after being taken into convents. The reviewer felt Kerry Greenwood had an axe to grind with the Catholic Church and that the information was false.The book" The Lost Child of Philomena Lee" written in 2009 by Martin Sixsmith will back the depictions in this book."
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- I have read all of the Phryne Fisher books in order. This woman has a steel backbone with a heart of gold. Her adventures never fail to draw you in,and you are rooting for her the whole time. Not sure the police would really be that understanding but it always make for a good story and this does take place in Australia in the '20s. I like that she never forgets where she came from and will do anything to make a child's life better if she can.
One more thing.....I saw a 1 star review because of the authors description of the treatment of unwed mothers after being taken into convents. The reviewer felt Kerry Greenwood had an axe to grind with the Catholic Church and that the information was false.The book" The Lost Child of Philomena Lee" written in 2009 by Martin Sixsmith will back the depictions in this book. - When Miss Phryne Fisher observed a young woman being harassed by boys on the street, she intervened. But Polly Kettle wasn’t particularly grateful for her rescue – a reporter from a local paper in Melbourne she was filled with a determination to get ahead; to get her story at any cost. And her cost came when she vanished – it seemed she’d been abducted; Phryne was sure she would find her, with the help of her good friend, Jack Robinson the local policeman.
When three young women who were very pregnant disappeared from a nearby residence, as well as small blonde girls also going missing, the ire of Jack Robinson was up. Phryne, along with her helpers Dot, Jane, Tinker and Ruth decided to investigate. And so began the search through places of ill-repute, the Magdalen Laundry of the local convent, the nearby Catholic church and a place at Bacchus Marsh – to name a few. Bert and Cec were of assistance but the dangers were immense. The murder and mayhem of the late 1920s in Melbourne continued unabated. Would Phryne succeed in her goal to find Polly Kettle plus the missing women and girls? Or was it already too late?
Once again Aussie author Kerry Greenwood writes a stunning Phryne Fisher tale with Unnatural Habits. Filled with mystery and intrigue, light and entertaining titbits, laugh out loud moments and lots of suspense, Unnatural Habits is thoroughly enjoyable. Highly recommended. - I really enjoy this series. The writing is good, which is a pleasure, and I always find a few quotable bits. In particular, the author has taken social problems and concerns of the time period Miss Fisher lives in, the 20s, plus Australia of the time, and with a great deal of research, weaves a story with a core of reality. This one takes on the despicable treatment of young women (young teens especially) who become pregnant, through abuse or not. It includes the Catholic Church's role in attempts to "help" these girls. In general, the girls are vilified, their babies taken away, and their only possible lives afterward are prostitution, or society's bottom feeder jobs. The book also takes on the reality of white slavery in this case, young blond virgins or blond prostitutes, kidnapped and sold to middle eastern men for sex. Every book in this series presents an aspect of women's lives in the 20s, across the spectrum of class and politics. Besides Phyrne Fisher lives a fantasy life----wealthy, clever, intelligent and willing and able to help those who need it!
- This is one of the best Phryne Fisher mysteries! Missing blonde girls--very young girls. Missing pregnant girls. A missing reporter. Phryne delves into the under world of St. Kilda and clashes with the Catholic Church, some very NOT nice people, the Love that Dare Not Speak Its Name, and someone is making sure that irresponsible men can no longer impregnate girls. Along the way she visits a women's commune and, with the help of her faithful sidekicks (Dot, Jane, Ruth, Tinker, Bert and Cec) carries out a thrilling climactic rescue. Altogether, another triumph for the delightful Miss Fisher.
- I confess it's a cause for celebration when another Phryne Fisher adventure shows up. Yes, the publisher sent this novel in the hope that I'd give it a review. Yes, I have written elsewhere that I love the Phryne Fisher crime novels. The Honorable Phryne Fisher is an aristocratic displaced single woman living on her inheritance in Melbourne, Australia where she serves the downtrodden and criminally beset. Her relations with a few coppers is excellent and she has over the years, taken to her bosom four needy souls, Dot who became Phryne's secretary and factotum, and two teenaged girls, Jane and Ruth, rescued from serious poverty. Now a fourth, a boy named Tinker, a lad of unusual skills for one so young has joined the menage. Life on the streets and waterfronts will do that, I suppose.
In the early Twentieth Century, when the series is set, women as emancipated as is the Hon. Miss Fisher, are rare indeed. Her wealth is a great help, but so too are her attitudes and her diverse talents. Distant and poor relation of the aristocracy of the UK, the Great War elevated her to wealth and high society. Bored, she decamped to Australia, after a stint as an ambulance driver in the war. She is, in this outing, the mistress of a monstrously wealth Chinese merchant named Lin Chung.
The plot centers on the mysterious disappearances of small blond girls from the city. The question of why, since no bodies are discovered, is what has been done with them. At the same time, questions are arising as to the treatment of young pregnant and unmarried women by the local Catholic church.
This novel is darker and grittier than most of the previous stories in this series, but Fisher makes do in a most forthright fashion, focusing her justifiable wrath on kidnappers and religious zealots. Smoothly written as always, the pace is jaunty the scenes are well illuminated and the novel is thoroughly satisfying. I live in the hope for more adventures with this most excellent female investigator.
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