This was my first Phryne Fisher mystery, read for its theatrical theme (for Reading the Theatre 2023). I enjoyed the parts about the production of Ruddigore, but the solution to the mystery was not very compelling - the revelation of the first murderer came out of nowhere, the investigators having gotten nowhere near it, and the revelation of the second also came through a bit last-minute. The subplot with Phryne's new Chinese lover seemed tacked on, although I suppose the connection was the neighborhood of the theatre? I'm not that invested in reading other books of the series, after this one.