The second in the classic Phryne Fisher series from Kerry Greenwood, featuring the irresistible heroine Phryne. Whether shes foiling kidnappers, seducing beautiful young men or simply deciding what to wear for dinner, Phryne handles everything with her inimitable panache and flair.
Danger, excitement and love--this is how the glamorous Phryne Fisher is determined to live her life in her second enticing adventure.
Walking the wings of a Tiger Moth plane in full flight ought to be enough excitement for most people, but not Phryne Fisher, amateur detective, woman of mystery, as delectable as the finest chocolate and as sharp as razor blades.
In this, the second Phryne Fisher mystery, the 1920s' most talented and glamorous detective flies even higher, handling a murder, a kidnapping and the usual array of beautiful young men with style and consummate ease--and all before it's time to adjourn to the Queenscliff Hotel for breakfast. Whether she's flying planes, clearing a friend of homicide charges or saving a child from kidnapping, she handles everything with the same dash and elan with which she drives her red Hispano-Suiza.

Reviews

In her latest adventure, the incomparable Phryne Fisher (Murder in Montparnasse)-beautiful, wealthy, sophisticated, but, above all, daring and intelligent-is confronted with two unrelated crimes, murder and child kidnapping. While investigating these cases, she also takes a daredevil walk on the wing of a plane in flight, poses for a sculptor, then makes love to him. With each Phryne Fisher novel, Greenwood widens the social circle of the inimitable detective/noblewoman; here we are introduced to Mr. and Mrs. Butler-you guessed it-Phryne's butler and cook. Speaking through Phryne, the author also offers catty yet humorous descriptions of characters, food, drink, decor, and clothing of the 1920s while lending credibility to Phryne's unbelievable exploits. Phryne Fisher's delightful flapper antics will appeal to fans of Dorothy Sayers's Lord Peter Wimsey. [See Prepub Mystery, LJ 3/1/06.]-Lamia Doumato, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

In Kerry Greenwood's Flying Too High: A Phryne Fisher Mystery, the plucky Australian flapper sleuth faces two challenges: tracking down the kidnappers of a young girl and identifying the murderer of a bully whose son has been charged with the offense. Fisher again displays an impressive set of skills, from air-walking and daredevil plane flying to blood-splatter analysis, and Greenwood leavens her plot with Wodehousian characters and wit. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

This series is the best Australian import since Nicole Kidman, and Phryne is the flashiest new female sleuth in the genre.
--Booklist starred review of Away with the Fairies