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Murder On A Midsummer Night (2008)

by Kerry Greenwood(Favorite Author)

3.95 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1741149991 (ISBN13: 9781741149999)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Allen & Unwin

series

Phryne Fisher

review 1: Although this was not my favorite Phryne Fisher story, it was fun to read all the domestic details of her household.The meals sound sublime (how on earth does anyone consume so many courses on a daily basis?!);The "daughters" are maturing and finding their niche in the family and the world;and, Phryne's lover floats in and out of her daily life with grace and ease. What's not to like?Oh, the story. I was not keen on either of the dual plots, but we forgive the author that for the opportunity to visit Phryne's world.
review 2: I started this novel as usual as my audiobook-in-the-car in March and then had a car accident and my car was taken off to be repaired and I forgot to remove my CD. Since I had no idea when I would be reunited with the car I eventually ele... morected to avail myself of the Kindle edition. Although I had listened to about 100 pages, I realised that with a gap of a few weeks I wasn't quite sure where things stood in the story and so elected to start at the beginning and read the entire book.It proved to be another delightful mystery as Phryne works on two separate mysteries and seeks to cope with a heatwave. These stories are great fun and I feel they remain quite fresh.My only very minor niggle is that Kerry Greenwood is always so spot on with history and yet she has Phryne refer to someone as 'a friend of Dorothy'. Surely this slang wasn't in use this early, especially in Australia? While it is not known if this refers to 'The Wizard of Oz' or Dorothy Parker, according to on-line sources it generally did not come into use until the 1940s and so seems a strange anachronism for such a historically meticulous writer as Greenwood. less

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