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    “I would ordinarily say ‘allow me to save you from yourself,’ ” she continued, “but one must be prepared to compromise for the sake of a desperate case.”

    “The gods forfend you should compromise, Miss Fisher,” he managed, almost certain, all at once, of what she was going to say and how she was going to say it and what it was bound to do to him.

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    28 Feb 2019

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    Exactly how much does a Melbourne Detective Inspector make in 1929? What should you budget for your maid and butler? And what are the police doing about the strip poker epidemic? These questions and more answered in a stroll through the Australian Newspaper Archive! (now updated a few more figures and corrections). Chapter Two: The Victoria Police at War.Chapter 3: Marriage and the Law Chapter 4: Divorce.

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    22 Jan 2019

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    Once the taste of an adventure had tempted Phryne’s palate, there was little more that could satiate her. So when her return to the Antipodes had come sooner than planned, she had, naturally, been disappointed. But she looked forward to the opportunity of taking up where she and Jack had left off. That was three weeks and one urgent telegram ago.

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    12 Jun 2018

  4. Public Bookmark 15

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    Detective Inspector Jack Robinson faces intense scrutiny when the Victorian Police Force deals with increased public pressure as news of police corruption is sensationalized by the press. What will Jack do when he discovers the Honourable Phryne Fisher is implicated in Murdoch Foyle’s escape from prison?

    (Set during the timeframe between S1 x 12 and S1 x 13)

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    21 May 2018

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    So suppose Jack, instead of the Police, went into the Church. He'd need a good reason, of course. Ghosts are a good one. He chooses to exercise his considerable powers of authority over the dead, instead of the living. Phryne has a good reason too, since she's still on the hunt for her sister, unsure if she's alive or dead. The rest of the universe has adjusted accordingly.

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    14 Mar 2018