Flying Too High: A Phryne Fisher Mystery [Large Print] [Paperback]

Kerry Greenwood (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 23, 2007

Walking the wings of a Tiger Moth plane in full flight would be more than enough excitement for most people, but not for Phryne-amateur detective and woman of mystery, as delectable as the finest chocolate and as sharp as razor blades. Here the 1920s' most talented and glamorous detective flies even higher, handling a murder, a kidnapping, and the usual array of beautiful young men with style and consummate ease-and all before it's time to adjourn to the Queenscliff Hotel for breakfast. Kerry Greenwood's Phryne Fisher series was called "the best Australian import since Nicole Kidman" in Booklist's starred review of Away With the Fairies. Kerry Greenwood is the author of 38 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 Austrialia.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This series is the best Australian import since Nicole Kidman, and Phryne is the flashiest new female sleuth in the genre."
--Booklist starred review of Away with the Fairies

About the Author

Australia's Kerry Greenwood is the highly acclaimed author of nineteen novels and the editor of two collections. Other mysteries in the Phryne Fisher series available from Poisoned Pen Press are Murder in Montparnasse, The Castlemaine Murders, Away With the Fairies, and Ruddy Gore.

Product Details

• Paperback: 250 pages
• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press (April 23, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590582446
• ISBN-13: 978-1590582442
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,650,640 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wing walking, August 28, 2007

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B. Heise "DerBücherwurm" (Milpitas, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Flying Too High : a Phryne Fisher Mystery (Paperback)

The second book in the series takes place only a few months after "Cocaine blues" ends and with it returns its bright and luminous Phryne Fisher. Many of the secondary (if you can call them that) characters return which adds a nice touch. I liked this book even more than the previous one. Phryne seems to have found her grove in this story along with moving into her new, fashionable domicile. She has to solve two cases at once, the murder of a cantankerous, generally disliked husband and father and the kidnapping of a little girl. Phryne handles both cases with her normal aplomb, intuition and style along with a little wing walking and flying. I especially like Greenwood's use of language and how it reflects the times; this adds another layer of fun and effervescence to these stories that makes me look forward to the next one. I recommend this book highly.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Phryne is great!, February 18, 2008

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Dick from Dellwood "dfromd" (Minnesota, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Flying Too High : a Phryne Fisher Mystery (Paperback)

Having read all of Kerry Greenwood's Phryne mysteries I cannot say which one I like the best. But, I love them all and when I get jaded from reading some of the "modern" mysteries full of sex, four letter words and blood and guts I settle down with one of these before bedtime. Let me say I am in love with Australia and would live there if I could--too old to move and my wife would never go. We were fortunate enough to visit several years ago and loved every minute.
Greenwood has developed a very likeable and superlative heroine. The supporting cast is well drawn and interesting in their own. These are truly "cozies" and I find them very enjoyable reads, rationing them carefully lest I run out.
If you like Australian mysteries I would heartily recommend anything you can find by Arthur Upfield, who wrote in the period after WW II. His hero is an Australian police detective "halfcaste" who specialized in solving mysteries in the outback and rural areas of Australia. Great flavor and good story telling!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the second in the finest mystery series ever, January 25, 2007

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E Rice (western ny state) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Flying Too High: A Phryne Fisher Mystery (Paperback)

i have been reading mysteries for decades. i have favorite authors whose books i reread with pleasure. but my absolute favorite for the last ten years is kerry greenwood and her phryne fisher series.

the novels are incredibly well-written and well researched, have wonderfully twisty plots, great dialogue, clothes, food and drink. phryne fisher is a complex and fascinating character with, thankfully, no angst or moral quandries. she has ethics and morals and acts on them fearlessly.

there is humor of all kinds as well as suspense. the twisty plots also pay homage to the plots of the golden age of mystery, the period between the wars when mystery writing became culturally acceptable.

even non-mystery lovers would enjoy the series for the fascinating facts from australian history. the only thing ms. greenwood doesn't include is footy, probably because our phyrne lives in st. kilda. it's not a noticeble lack.