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Fiction
by Francesca Sasnaitis
March 2012, no. 339

Cooking the Books  by Kerry Greenwood

Allen & Unwin $22.99 pb, 312 pp

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For many years I have looked forward to the ongoing exploits of Kerry Greenwood’s sassy heroine Phryne Fisher – the marvellous descriptions of period detail and fashion, the historical background of her ripping yarns – and have wilfully ignored occasional anachronisms of language or behaviour.

 


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Cooking the Books  by Kerry Greenwood

Allen & Unwin $22.99 pb, 312 pp

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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