Raisins and Almonds: Phryne Fisher #9 (Phryne Fisher Mysteries)
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (943 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B006ZBKENG |
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| Number of Pages | : | 329 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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Kerry Greenwood is the author of more than 40 novels and six non-fiction books. She is not married, has no children and lives with a registered Wizard. Among her many honors, Ms. . When she is not writing she is an advocate in Magistrates Courts for the Legal Aid Commission. Greenwood1 has received the Ned Kelly Lifetime Achievement Award from the Crime Writers Association of Australia
Phryne soon finds herself deep in the fabric of Australia's refugee Jewish community, learning about the Zionist movement, pogroms, coded messages and gefilte fish. She picks up a little Yiddish, too… Abrahams’ wickedly handsome son, Simon has a number of valuable skills Phryne would like to take advantage of. . He fears the killing may presage a wave of anti-Semitism in Melbourne. When a young Jewish scholar is found dead of poisoning, community leader Benjamin Abrahams hires Phryne Fisher to investigate
Phryne is the best! D. A. Farrington I enjoy this series so much. Phryne may be a little premature with her fettuccine al puttanesca, since Wikipedia says the dish was created in the 1950s, but it's still a lovely book.. "Fabulous series" according to moegyver. I have the whole set. They are wonderful, fun stories. There is no way to not love the characters. It's best to read them in order because they do reference each other. "Heroines rule!" according to Amazon Customer. Good story. Engaging read. Perhaps I'm influenced a bit by the tv series, which I've thoroughly enjoyed. Still worth your time.
From Publishers Weekly The mysterious strychnine poisoning of scholarly Jewish immigrant Simon Michaels leads to one of the more complex and somber cases in the career of Greenwood's Australian Jazz Age amateur sleuth Phryne Fisher (Urn Burial, etc.). . All rights reserved. (Sept.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Fearing that the killing may signal a rise in anti-Semitism, affluent community leader Benjamin Abrahams hires Fisher to clear the name of his tenant, bookseller Sylvia Lee. Compared with some of the other entries in Greenwood's popular series, the mood is more serious and the identity of the murderer more mysterious, but fans will have no cause for complaint. Fisher, only slightly distracted by Benjamin's devastatingly handsome son, quickly exonerates Lee and dashes off in pur