num_pages: 175
description: The London season is in full fling at the end of the 1920s, but the Honorable Phryne Fisher—she of the gray-green eyes and diamant garters—is tiring of polite conversations with retired colonels and dances with weak-chinned men. When the opportunity presents itself, Phryne decides it might be amusing to try her hand at becoming a lady detective in Australia. Immediately upon settling into Melbourne's Hotel Windsor, Phryne finds herself embroiled in mystery. From poisoned wives and cocaine smuggling, to police corruption and rampant communism—not to mention erotic encounters with the beautiful Russian dancer, Sasha de Lisse—Cocaine Blues charts a crescendo of steamy intrigue, culminating in the Turkish baths of Little Lonsdale Street.
language: English
title: Cocaine Blues
titlecomplete: Cocaine Blues (Phryne Fisher, #1)
characters: John Andrews, Lydia Andrews, George Fletcher, Sasha de Lisse, Princess de Grasse, Jack Robinson, Dorothy "Dot" Williams, Cecil "Cec" Yates, Alice Greenham, Elizabeth MacMillan, Albert "Bert" Johnson, Phryne Fisher
genres: Audiobook, Australia, Historical, Historical Fiction, Cozy Mystery, Historical Mystery, Crime, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Fiction
ratings_count: 25889
places: Australia, Melbourne, Victoria
series: Phryne Fisher
publisher: Poisoned Pen Press