4 stars

This installment of the Phyrne Fisher series finds her and her friend Bunji going to a showing of Ruddigore by Gilbert & Sullivan. Along the way, they break up the beating of an old Chinese woman. Enter Lin Chung an interesting and very welcome addition to the series. Hopefully, he’ll be back.

Although written to be stereotypical of the era (in relation to attitudes toward the Chinese), it is still a good read. As usual, Kerry Greenwood is on top of her game.

A well written and fun romp in 1920’s Melbourne, Australia is just the thing to take your mind off your worries for a bit.

Thanking Netgalley and Poisoned Pen Press for forwarding to me a copy of this book to read.

This is an enjoyable mystery with tons of twists. I really like the character of Lin Chung, but it gets quite exhausting to read all of these racial slurs. Maybe they're not quite as bad in Australia, but in the US some of these words are quite harsh. I get that the point of highlighting this racism is to show how small-minded those racist characters are, but this series is all about escapism! I think there are ways to do it without being so jarring for Asian readers.