{"product_id":"death-before-wicket-kerry-greenwood-9781464207709","title":"Death Before Wicket","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMiss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, now streaming on Netflix, starring Essie Davis as the honourable Phryne Fisher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Phryne's fans get everything they could possibly want from this installment in the long-running and ever more popular series: a fast-talking, tough heroine; an engaging cast of supporting players; a couple of really nifty mysteries; and plenty of fun.\" --\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhryne Fisher is on holiday. She means to take the train to Sydney (where the harbour bridge is being built), go to a few cricket matches, dine with the Chancellor of the university, and perhaps go to the Arts Ball with that young modernist, Chas Nutall. She has the costume of a lifetime, and she's not afraid to use it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen she arrives there, however, her maid Dot finds that her extremely respectable married sister Joan has vanished, leaving her small children to the neglectful care of a resentful husband. What has become of Joan, who would never leave her babies? Surely, she hasn't run away with a lover, as gossip suggests?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen while Phryne is visiting the university, the very pretty Joss and Clarence ask her to find out who has broken into the Dean's safe and stolen a number of things, including the Dean's wife's garnets and an irreplaceable illuminated book called the Hours of Juana the Mad. An innocent student has been blamed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo Phryne girds up her loins, loads her pearl-handled .32 Beretta, and sallies forth to find mayhem, murder, black magic, and perhaps a really good cocktail before more crime erupts in Sydney.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kerry Greenwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1464207704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781464207709\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Poisoned Pen Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/04\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d","brand":"Kerry Greenwood","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44069917163775,"sku":"9781464207709","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7494c2b1-983e-478c-9254-8221740e9763.jpg?v=1685427267","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/death-before-wicket-kerry-greenwood-9781464207709","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}