Phryne Fisher: Issue #3

Murder on the Ballarat Train

Plot

When the 1920s' most glamorous detective, the Honourable Phryne Fisher, arranges to go to Ballarat for the week, she eschews the excitement of her red Hispano-Suiza racing car for the sedate journey by train. But as the passengers sleep they are poisoned by chloroform gas. Phryne is left to piece together the clues: an old woman's bruised and battered body; a young girl who has lost her memory; and rumours of white slavery. Then there is the rowing team of delicious young men, who at first seem to be no more than a pleasant diversion.