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Is part of Phryne Fisher Mysteries Kerry Greenwood , 1989- series - author novel (number 8 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 1996... 1996 Urn Burial
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'Super-sleuth Phryne Fisher is sojourning at Cave House, a Gothic mansion in the heart of Gippsland mountain country. But she soon discovers that her host is receiving death threats, someone is setting lethal traps and the parlourmaid has been strangled to death...How does this connect with a pair of young lovers, an extremely eccentric swagman and an angry outcast heir? Just who is responsible for the mysterious funerary urns which keep appearing around the house?...Phryne's search draws her deep into the darkest dungeons of the house and of the limestone Buchan Caves. Who knows what she will unearth this time.' (Source: back cover, 1996 Penguin edition)

Notes

  • Dedication: This book is dedicated to my sister Amanda Butcher, dear Sam.
  • Epigraph: 'But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.' Urn Burial, Sir Thomas Browne, Chapter V

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 1996 .
      person or book cover
      Extent: 257p.
      Note/s:
      • Caskets, caves and corpses - Phryne Fisher goes underground (appears on cover).
      • Preliminary pages include 'Cast List' of characters who appear in novel.
      ISBN: 0140256261 (pbk), 9780140256260 (pbk)
      Series: Penguin Original Penguin (publisher), series - publisher
    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2003 .
      person or book cover
      Courtesy of Allen & Unwin
      Extent: 258p.
      Note/s:
      • Published June 2003
      ISBN: 9781741141405, 1741141400
    • Scottsdale, Arizona,
      c
      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Poisoned Pen Press ,       2005 .
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      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 187p.
      Edition info: 1st US ed.
      ISBN: 1590581695, 9781590581698
    • Scottsdale, Arizona,
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,      :       Poisoned Pen Press ,       2007 .
      image of person or book cover 7503392323094676396.jpg
      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 187p.
      ISBN: 159058368X (pbk), 9781590583685 (pbk)
    • Scottsdale, Arizona,
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,      :       Poisoned Pen Press ,       2017 .
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      This image has been sourced from online.
      Note/s:
      • Published 2 May 2017
      ISBN: 9781464207662
    • Scottsdale, Arizona,
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,      :       Poisoned Pen Press ,       2018 .
      image of person or book cover 627826148855989444.jpg
      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 187p.
      Note/s:

      • Published 7 August 2018

      ISBN: 9781464207662
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Works about this Work

Crime Fiction Sue Turnbull , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 181 1996; (p. 64)
— Review of Urn Burial Kerry Greenwood , 1996 single work novel
Crime Jeff Popple , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 June 1996; (p. 20)
— Review of Urn Burial Kerry Greenwood , 1996 single work novel ; The Brush-Off Shane Maloney , 1996 single work novel
Mirrors and Metaphysics Robin Wallace-Crabbe , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 18-19 May 1996; (p. rev 8)
— Review of Urn Burial Kerry Greenwood , 1996 single work novel
Scandal in the House Katharine England , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 6 April 1996; (p. 11)
— Review of Urn Burial Kerry Greenwood , 1996 single work novel
Scandal in the House Katharine England , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 6 April 1996; (p. 11)
— Review of Urn Burial Kerry Greenwood , 1996 single work novel
Mirrors and Metaphysics Robin Wallace-Crabbe , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 18-19 May 1996; (p. rev 8)
— Review of Urn Burial Kerry Greenwood , 1996 single work novel
Crime Jeff Popple , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 June 1996; (p. 20)
— Review of Urn Burial Kerry Greenwood , 1996 single work novel ; The Brush-Off Shane Maloney , 1996 single work novel
Crime Fiction Sue Turnbull , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 181 1996; (p. 64)
— Review of Urn Burial Kerry Greenwood , 1996 single work novel
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  • Gippsland, Victoria,
  • 1920s
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