Flying Too High

by Kerry Greenwood

A Phryne Fisher Mystery. Book 2 in fact.

Because this series has been made into a tv show to be shown on ABC sometime this year, and because I have met the author and know her partner reasonably well, and because some of our mutual friends read these as soon as she writes them, I figured I should probably give them a go. I own a bunch of other Greenwood novels but haven't read a Fisher until now.

It was entertaining. I wouldn't say there was much mystery to it but the main character is very bold and unconventional and always gets her way. And rich enough to afford indulgent things. There is a lot of talk of food and frocks and art and all things upper class and fashionable in 1920's Melbourne. It's an easy enough story in a period setting. And once I got into it, I got sucked into the descriptions of the life of the time.

There is a murder and a kidnapping and some incidental action involving a plane.

Now onto the next borrowed book in the series. I still need to find the first in the series since that is sure to be in the tv production.