A review by scorpionturtle
Away with the Fairies: A Phryne Fisher Mystery by Kerry Greenwood

4.0

Kerry Greenwood is really good at copying the style, writing and even plots of the Golden Age mystery stories. She modernizes them with sex, honesty about the sexism, homophobia and racism of the time which the the classic authors often only alluded to or ignored completely. Her plots are over the top and ridiculous just like the Golden Age ones are so if you aren't a fan of that you probably would find them interesting. Just like with Marsh and Christie I do sometimes have a hard time keeping track of people. This book like most of her books has two main plots and the mystrey plot is set in an early apartment complex and a women's magazine while the other plot, the adventure one focus on the disappearance of her long term lover. It's nice to Miss Fisher have deeper feelings for one of her many delicious lovers and to be a badass. It's also nice to see how the whole team does their part especially Dot. Rather than just random sex thrown in because you must have a sex scene in all the books, this actually made sense. I figured out the mystrey before the end but it neatly laid out with lots of red herrings.