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Murder on the Ballarat Train

A Phryne Fisher Mystery

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Murder on the Ballarat Train

By: Kerry Greenwood
Narrated by: Stephanie Daniel
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In Phryne's third adventure, Phryne is off to Ballarat for a week of fabulousness, but the sedate journey by train turns out to be far from the restful trip she was planning. What was planned as a restful country sojourn turns into the stuff of nightmares: a young girl who can't remember anything, rumours of vile white slavery, and the body of an old woman missing her emerald rings. And Phryne is at the centre, working through the clues to arrive at the incredible truth before another murder is committed. Fortunately, Phryne can still find a little time for a discreet dalliance and the delicious diversion of that rowing team of young men.

Solve another case with Phryne Fisher.©1991 Kerry Greenwood (P)2010 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd Detective Historical Mystery Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Fiction Crime Murder

Critic Reviews

"This latest mystery to feature the irrepressible Phryne Fisher, Melbourne's uninhibited 1920s private detective, begins with Phryne saving the lives of a group of travelers when someone chloroforms their train compartments. Unfortunately, an elderly woman is discovered missing and then found murdered. It's left to Phryne to unmask the killer while rescuing a young girl who suffers from amnesia. This series continues to offer a feisty main character and a vividly created and definitely unusual historical setting - the flapper Down Under." ( Booklist)
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Fun to read, great characters, a real page turner. Looking forward to the next book.

Another classic

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So far this is my second Phyrne Fisher mystery, and I am hooked. Stephanie Daniel is a great narrator, Kerry Greenwood an excellent author... roll on number three!

Loving the Miss Fisher books!

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If you could sum up Murder on the Ballarat Train in three words, what would they be?

Engrossing, Engaging, Enchanting.

What did you like best about this story?

Greenwood has a such a strong sense of the characters that they drive the plot and make the story much more interesting

Which scene did you most enjoy?

Any scene with Dot and Phryne.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Phryne adopting both Jane and Ruth. Not choosing one 'like they're kittens'

The Second Novel in an Amazing series

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This is another great story by Kerry Greenwood, read by the imitable Stephanie Daniel. The murder mystery at the heart of it is only one strand, the other being the story of a hypnotist who puts children under a spell, to get them to work as servants or sexual slaves. This is no 'crime comedy' but a tale of dark doings in suburbia. Phyrne sails through it all with her customary panache, but ends up adopting two girls. So she has a heart as well as style - and she lands a handsome young student in bed one night as well. Very well-written and read.

Murder mystery plus hypnotism

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