Let me start by saying that I first happened upon Miss Fisher on Netflix, and I was hooked from the start. It's glitzy and glamorous and sassy and flamboyant. Its like Downton Abbey's bada** little sister.

The book didn't disappoint. I loved the slangy style and the vocabulary; I had to look up several words (antimacassars and macadamized anyone?). I enjoyed how the fashion was included in the book, but it wasn't heavy-handed (Louis heels! Camiknickers!). The book is quite short, 175 pages, but that's something I didn't mind because Kerry Greenwood writes so succinctly. A lot of meaning can be conveyed in just two words, and she definitely uses that style. (See the quotes below for example.)

Highly recommended if you enjoy the TV series, some witty writing, learning new vocabulary, vintage fashion, and a little glamour in your life.

Quotes
'I wonder what I want to do?' Phryne asked of herself. 'It has all been quite interesting up until now, but I can't dance and game my life away. I suppose I could try for the air race record in the new Avro - or join Miss May Cunliffe in the road-trials of the new Lagonda - or learn Abyssinian - or take to gin - or breed horses - I don't know, it all seems very flat.' (page 7)

Had she been at all used to blushing, she would have blushed, but she wasn't, so she didn't. (page 10)

Phryne, who was adamant that the possession of pretty clothes was the second-best sustainer of a young woman's morale in the world. (page 49)

What an excellent opportunity for a little polite blackmail. (page 83)

'You are magnificent. I, also, am magnificent. We shall be magnificent together,' he concluded placidly.. (page 91)