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Unnatural Habits by Kerry Greenwood. A Phryne Fisher Mystery.
Review summary: This one of the more troubling cases that attracts Phryne's attention. Fortunately, lighter elements balance the darker side of the crime plot, most notably in the form of 14-year-old Tinker, the newest member of Phyne's household, and a self-styled apprentice detective. (Click here for text of full review.)
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Unnatural Habits
Kerry Greenwood
A Phryne Fisher Mystery
Poisoned Pen Press (January 2013)
Publisher synopsis: 1929: Girls are going missing in Melbourne. Little, pretty golden-haired girls. And not just pretty. Three of them are pregnant, poor girls from the harsh confines of the Magdalene Laundry. People are getting nervous.
Polly Kettle, a pushy, self-important Girl Reporter with ambition and no sense of self preservation, decides to investigate — and promptly goes missing herself.
It's time for Phryne and Dot to put a stop to this and find Polly Kettle before something quite irreparable happens to all of them. It's all piracy and dark cellars, convents and plots, murder and mystery … and Phryne finally finds out if it's true that blondes have more fun.
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