Unnatural Habits

by Kerry Greenwood

Overview

1929: Girls are going missing in Melbourne. Little, pretty, golden haired girls. And 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 them. 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781464208225
Publisher:	Poisoned Pen Press
Publication date:	07/04/2017
Series:	Phryne Fisher Series , #19
Sales rank:	53,654
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Kerry Greenwood is the author of more than 40 novels and six non-fiction books. Among her many honors, Ms. Greenwood has received the Ned Kelly Lifetime Achievement Award from the Crime Writers' Association of Australia. When she is not writing she is an advocate in Magistrates' Courts for the Legal Aid Commission. She is not married, has no children and lives with a registered Wizard.

Interviews

"Elegant, fabulously wealthy and sharp as a tack, Phryne sleuths her way through these classical detective stories with customary panache."

Editorial Reviews

Elegant, fabulously wealthy and sharp as a tack, Phryne sleuths her way through these classical detective stories with customary panache.

The Age

I love reading about Phryne's adventures. They are lighthearted, fun and frothy but have informative and serious social commentary as well. Unnatural Habits is no exception. The plotting is clever with Phryne's search for the missing women taking her all over Melbourne and into all echelons of society. She cuts a wide swathe in her charming, inimitable style. She meets the horror of the Magdalen Laundries, white slavers, brothel keepers and the love which must not say its name as she pursues her enquiries....The issues are very real and well documented but Ms Greenwood has a light touch. She never preaches, just lays it out and uses Phryne's visceral reactions to expose the horror of it, all the time keeping the tone of the novel upbeat. I really admire her skill as it seems to be an impossible task and she manages it with ease....Phryne Fisher is an inspired creation. She is rich and well educated, but that wasn't always the case so she knows both sides of the rich/poor divide. She is frivolous and revels in her privilege and the lifestyle it affords, hedonistic maybe, but she is also kind, caring and compassionate when the situation requires it. She is also smart and determined. What more could you ask for in a protagonist?

NetGalley - Elaine Tomasso