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In the previous Phryne Fisher book there were several references to Phryne being a pilot, but aviation played no role. The pilot references seemed like an add-on, so I'm pleased that in this volume we get to see Phryne in action: flying and wing-walking. Phryne is commissioned to find the murderer of a Melbourne tycoon. At the same time, she is also called to investigate a kidnapping.

As background to these two mysteries we get to see Phryne furnish her house and attend society functions, as she lives the glamorous life in 1920s Melbourne. Phryne is very much the "New Woman" of the 1920s- short hair, fashionable clothes, sexually liberated.

I like the approach of having two mysteries in the book, and as in the previous volume, 1920s Australia provides a fascinating setting. This was a quick and entertaining read, and I'll be reading more in the series.


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Flying Too High Phryne Fisher Mysteries Kerry Greenwood 9781590582374 Books Reviews

William McNaughton was not a nice man. To be frank, he was a bully and a child molester who sexually assaulted his own daughter.
So when he dies of a blow to the head - an especially vicious blow to the head - there are plenty of people who would have wanted him dead.
Despite that, the cops - well, one cop in particular - have decided that his son Bill, a pilot with a violent temper, is the guilty party.
At about the same time someone was bashing the senior McNaughton's head in with a rock some ne-er-do-wells kidnapped a young girl whose father had the fortune (or misfortune) to win a sweepstakes.
Enter Phryne Fisher, Kerry Greenwood's sleek and seductive private eye She has to find out what really happened to the elder McNaughton and try to rescue the missing girl from some especially vile kidnappers while, along the way, doing her best to not get murdered in the process. In 'Flying Too High' she is also (a) trying to bolster the confidence of a young artist, (b) posing nude for a statue, (c) worrying how her new butler and cook will react to her somewhat casual view of morality and (d) trying her best to seduce a handsome, young, somewhat clumsy doctor.
It's great fun and Greenwood manages to tell this somewhat complex tale in a remarkably short novel that has a regiment of interesting characters between the covers including a female pilot who can "sense the air" and a delightfully amoral Italian sculptor.
Set in the Roaring Twenties, 'Flying Too High' captures the madcap recklessness of that decade and gives Phryne fans yet another reason to cheer her exploits.
The Honourable Miss Phryne Fisher had secured her new home on The Esplanade, along with Dot who had been with her for three months. Mr and Mrs Butler had come recommended and Phryne already agreed with that recommendation. It was the visit by a clearly hysterical Mrs McNaughton that set the ball rolling for a new case – murder – which Phryne was determined to solve.

Midway through the murder investigation, the kidnapping of six-year-old Candida brought Phryne into that family’s lives as well. Bert and Cec, with their new taxi, were happy to assist Phryne and she also called on her old friend Detective Inspector Robinson to sort out some intricate parts of the law.

But it was Phryne’s experience, nerve and skills with flying that earned respect – and helped with a devious plan – plus put her in danger, much to Dot’s horror. Would the outcome to both cases be as Phryne wanted? Everyone had confidence in her – except maybe the policeman, Benton…

Flying Too High is the 2nd in the Phryne Fisher Mystery series by Aussie author Kerry Greenwood, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Phryne’s character is excellent! She’s certainly outrageous, but gets what she wants every time. I’ve read the series all over the place, so going back to #2 was refreshing and fun 😊 Highly entertaining and definitely recommended.
If you love the television series, you will probably love these books as well but be forewarned--the characters were revamped, combined, eliminated and reimagined for the series. Phryne is still the same independent, free-spirited, adventurous, intelligent and sexually liberated character but, because her supporting cast is materially different, the stories have a different cast to them. I find that the paper-verison of the character is just as interesting to explore and the medium allows for a deeper delve into everyone's internal life that is gratifying. As a mystery series and an historic series, I love it but if you're looking for Jack and Phryne from the show, you'll be disappointed.
Published in 1990, FLYING TOO HIGH is Kerry Greenwood’s second novel in the Phryne Fisher series. The accidentally titled, ridiculously wealthy, and very vampish Phryne has elected to remain in 1920s Australia, where she amuses herself by investigating such crimes as take her fancy. In this book, she investigates two at the same time. The first is the murder of wealthy and extremely obnoxious William McNaughton, found dead on his own tennis court, with his son Bill the primary suspect. The second is the kidnapping of Candida Maldon, a difficult six year old, and the daughter of a man who has recently won a fabulous sum of money.

The first plot dominates the first half of the book with the second plot spilling over in a separate narrative that gradually takes over the novel, with the book returning to solve the first plot after the kidnapping is resolved. In COCAINE BLUES, Greenwood used a similar double plot in which the second plot involved Phryne only peripherally; this time both plots involve Phryne, and as such the structure feels forced and formula. Still, Greenwood writes well, and Phryne is an enjoyable creation.

If you come to this book, as I did, through the television series MISS FISHER’S MURDER MYSTERIES, you will be somewhat surprised although Phryne herself remains the same from page to screen, there are significant differences in other characters and neither Inspector Robinson nor Constable Collins feature significantly in the book. I find the differences add to the interest of the book. Enjoyable.

GFT, Reviewer
Posted 7-2018
In the previous Phryne Fisher book there were several references to Phryne being a pilot, but aviation played no role. The pilot references seemed like an add-on, so I'm pleased that in this volume we get to see Phryne in action flying and wing-walking. Phryne is commissioned to find the murderer of a Melbourne tycoon. At the same time, she is also called to investigate a kidnapping.

As background to these two mysteries we get to see Phryne furnish her house and attend society functions, as she lives the glamorous life in 1920s Melbourne. Phryne is very much the "New Woman" of the 1920s- short hair, fashionable clothes, sexually liberated.

I like the approach of having two mysteries in the book, and as in the previous volume, 1920s Australia provides a fascinating setting. This was a quick and entertaining read, and I'll be reading more in the series.