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Ruddy Gore

A Phryne Fisher Mystery, Book 7

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Ruddy Gore

By: Kerry Greenwood
Narrated by: Stephanie Daniel
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About this listen

The glorious Phryne Fisher returns to the spotlight in her seventh adventure. Fisher is an independent, unconventional PI with competence, unflappability and flamboyance in equal measures.

Running late to the Hinkler gala performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's Ruddigore, she meets some thugs in a dark alley and handles them convincingly before they can ruin her silver dress. Phryne then finds that she has rescued a gorgeous Chinese, Lin Chung, and his grandmother, and is briefly mistaken for a deity. Denying divinity but accepting cognac, she later continues safely to the theater. But it's an unexpected evening as her night is again interrupted by a most bizarre death onstage.

What links can Phryne possibly find between the ridiculously entertaining plot of Ruddigore, the city's Chinese community, and the actors treading the boards of His Majesty's Theatre? Drawn backstage and onstage, Phryne must solve an old murder and find a new murderer, and, of course, banish the theater's ghost, who seems likely to kill again.

©2006 Kerry Greenwood; 2006 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd Crime Detective Fiction Historical Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Murder Theatre China

Critic Reviews

"Scented, dangerous, and highly enjoyable." ( The Weekend Australian)
"Phryne Fisher sparkles with wit and champagne elegance. Stephanie Daniel performs with genteel ease. Her upper-class Australian accents and her wild assortment of reputable and disreputable characters are truly amazing." ( AudioFile)
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I love this book, and in fact, the narrators reading of it.... but the singing- and there is a lot of it.... I simply can't stand it. I get that not everyone can sing- I know I certainly can't- but the amount of singing makes this book really hard to listen too. I've gotten to the point of either covering the speaker or skipping through the songs especially with a baby because the singing makes him cry

Love it but NOT the singing

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What made the experience of listening to Ruddy Gore the most enjoyable?

Stephanie Daniel's reading, involving a characterization of people from various parts of the UK and Australia, and also singing parts of songs, mainly by Gilbert and Sullivan. I enjoyed the story too - but see below.

If you’ve listened to books by Kerry Greenwood before, how does this one compare?

Despite the odd corners into which Kerry Greenwood takes us in this novel - spooks, G&S, Chinese superstitions, backstage at the theatre - it is not her finest hour, i don't think. I feel she loses the narrative thread a few times, and has to claw it back with some wild improbabilities.

Which scene did you most enjoy?

The one in which Phryrne and Lin Jong (?) find the glass figure designed to fool people into believing a ghost is abroad.

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Ghost and Giggles

Any additional comments?

Listening to Ruddy Gore was great fun, especially for a G&S fan like me.

Superb reading of melodramatic story

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This book starts well but the plot becomes increasingly implausible. I understand the link to the plot of Ruddy Gore but the family identities as revealed are too far from sensible. The sub plot of Phryne's developing relationship with Lin Chung is interesting but not enough to carry the rest.

Disappointing

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