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Phryne Fisher Mysteries
1989-
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novel
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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
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Dedication: This book is dedicated to my sister Amanda Butcher, dear Sam.
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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
Other Formats
- Braille.
- Sound recording.
- Large print.
Works about this Work
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Crime Fiction
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 181 1996; (p. 64)
— Review of Urn Burial 1996 single work novel -
Crime
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 June 1996; (p. 20)
— Review of Urn Burial 1996 single work novel ; The Brush-Off 1996 single work novel -
Mirrors and Metaphysics
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 18-19 May 1996; (p. rev 8)
— Review of Urn Burial 1996 single work novel -
Scandal in the House
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 6 April 1996; (p. 11)
— Review of Urn Burial 1996 single work novel
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Scandal in the House
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 6 April 1996; (p. 11)
— Review of Urn Burial 1996 single work novel -
Mirrors and Metaphysics
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 18-19 May 1996; (p. rev 8)
— Review of Urn Burial 1996 single work novel -
Crime
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 June 1996; (p. 20)
— Review of Urn Burial 1996 single work novel ; The Brush-Off 1996 single work novel -
Crime Fiction
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 181 1996; (p. 64)
— Review of Urn Burial 1996 single work novel
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Settings:
- Gippsland, Victoria,
- 1920s
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