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4/5 Barnes & Noble Media type Print (Hardcover) Originally published 1989 Followed by Flying Too High Country Australia | 3.8/5 Goodreads Language English Publication date 1989 Preceded by N/A OCLC 27602170 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cocaine Blues is a crime novel by Kerry Greenwood, first published in Australia in 1989 by McPhee Gribble and in the United States in 1991 under the title of Death By Misadventure by Fawcett Publications. It is the first novel featuring Phryne Fisher.
Contents
Plot introduction
After the Honourable Phryne Fisher solves a country-house jewel robbery in record time, she is asked by Colonel and Mrs. Andrews to look into the matter of their daughter in Australia, who they fear may be being poisoned by her husband. Having grown bored with English social life, Phryne is happy to have an excuse to put off making decisions about her future for the next few months or so, and promptly relocates to Melbourne.
Characters in Cocaine Blues
Adaptations
Cocaine Blues, as well as other novels featuring Phryne Fisher, were adapted into the Australian television series Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries.