Welcome! I am starting to feel better and not a minute too soon. The dogs and cats ran out of wet food, and I needed to run to the store. My cats get very vocal if they are not fed on time (one of them can be heard on the opposite side of the house)! My oldest dog, Wolfie, follows me around and stares at me until her dinner appears. Animals can be extremely entertaining (and sometimes a wee bit aggravating)!
The Green Mill Murder by Kerry
Greenwood is the fifth book in The Phryne Fisher Mystery series. Phryne Fisher is out dancing the Green Mill
with Charles Freeman. A forty-eight-hour
dancing marathon is winding down with just two couples left on the floor. Phryne is enjoying the music of Tintagel
Stone and the Jazz Makers (they are without their singer, Nerine, though). Phryne is dancing with Charles to “Bye Bye
Blackbird” when a man collapses on the floor behind her. The man did not fall down from exhaustion. He
appears to have been stabbed in the chest.
The police are called and soon Detective Jack Robinson arrives on the
scene. He is, of course, not surprised
to see Phryne on hand. Phryne hangs out
with the band while waiting her turn to be questioned (and manages to ask some
probing questions of her own). Charles
who was quite squeamish at the sight of a body, bolted off towards the gent’s
room. When it is finally time for Phryne
to leave the dance club, Charles has failed to return. Charles has disappeared which does not bode
well especially for Phryne who will have to explain to Charles’ overanxious
mother. Charles fails to return home to his mother by the next morning, and
Phryne is hired to locate him. After
some investigation, Phryne discovers that the older Freeman son, Victor is not
dead. Mrs. Freeman now wishes Phryne to
locate both of her sons. Phryne will
take to the skies in her Gypsy Moth Rigel to get the answers Mrs. Freeman
seeks. Join Phryne on her latest
adventure in The Green Mill Murder.
The Green Mill Murder is
well-written, has a wonderful (and engaging) main character, and a beautiful
setting. I appreciate and enjoy the
other characters as well (Mr. Butler, Dot, Bert, Cec and especially Jack). I loved the complex mysteries and the unique
method of murder (the writer came up with a good one this time). There was more than one case for Phryne to
solve in this novel. She ends up having
to find an errant husband and help the dance competition winners get their prize. I give The Green Mill Murder 4.25 out of 5
stars (I liked it). The Green Mill Murder has blackmail, murder, a romantic liaison, two missing people (well,
technically one is hiding), a jazz band, and a high-flying adventure. The readers are also provided descriptions of
Phryne’s gorgeous clothes and the scenery she views from her airplane. I loved the addition of the fun-loving wombat
who loves potatoes (thankfully). I look
forward to reading the next book in The Phryne Fisher Murder Mysteries.
I hope you have a satisfying evening. I am off to watch my shows and finish reading Death by Chocolate Lab by Bethany Blake. I will return tomorrow to review A Death in the Dales by Frances Brody. Take care and Happy Reading!
Kris
The Avid Reader
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