Publisher's Synopsis
Always fashionable, outrageously glamorous, and packing a pearl-handled pistol, Phryne Fisher of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries solves murders, fights injustice, and harbors the innocent as she charms good guys and bad in 1920s Melbourne. Based on Kerry Greenwood's best-selling mysteries, the hit Australian TV series features authentic period details and fashions, and its charismatic heroine Phryne (played by Essie Davis) is a liberated woman, unmarried by choice, and as comfortable in high society as she is flying an airplane. She often finds herself confronted with crimes related to social issues and, helped by Detective Jack Robinson (Nathan Page), Constable Hugh Collins (Hugo Johnstone-Burt), her young companion Dot Williams (Ashleigh Cummings), and others in her circle, Miss Fisher saves the day—with a flair for fun, sexual innuendo, and droll dialogue, such as "I do approve of a man who can fight and still maintain his sartorial elegance." Created by Deb Cox and Fiona Eagger of Every Cloud Productions with input from author Kerry Greenwood, the series has aired a third season in Australia. Fans cheer its perfectly realized characters, its meticulous re-creations of 1920s Melbourne locales, and restored vintage cars and other vehicles, especially Phryne's Hispano Suiza. Costume designer Marion Boyce and her team have succeeded brilliantly in creating more than 120 costumes for the series, especially the clothes and coordinating hats and headpieces that fit Miss Fisher's irrepressible, fluid style.
