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There are some things that Phryne Fisher finds intolerable. Having her windscreen shattered by a bullet as she is driving past Melbourne's Victoria Dock...or discovering that bullets from the same gun have entered the body of a beautiful seventeen year old. Not to mention the ruin of her fur and lingerie as she holds the dying, bleeding boy...Phryne swears she will track down the young man's killer, and in doing so stumbles across the plans for a bank robbery and possible massacre...But then her beloved maid Dot is kidnapped and nothing can distract Phryne from revenge.' (Source: back cover, 1992 McPhee Gribble edition)
Adaptations
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form
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Death at Victoria Dock
( dir. Tony Tilse
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Melbourne
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Every Cloud Productions
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2012
5984142
2012
single work
film/TV
crime
'A young man with a blue tattoo lies cradled in Phryne's arms. Sadly, it's not another scene of glorious seduction. This time it's murder.
'Outraged by this brutal slaughter, Phryne promises to find out who is responsible. But Phryne doesn't yet know how deeply into the mire she'll have to go — bank robbery, anarchists, and the kidnap of her beloved maid Dot. Her investigations lead her into the arms of the delicious yet dangerous anarchist, Peter the Painter.'
Source: Australian Television Information Archive. (Sighted: 24/5/2013)
Note: The character 'Peter the Painter' is based on a 'real' Latvian anarchist (a historical figure whose identity is disputed and whose actual existence is sometimes questioned). Also known as Peter Piaktow, Peter the Painter was said to have been involved in the Siege of Sidney Street (also called the Battle of Stepney) in London's East End in 1911.
Notes
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Dedication: To Susan Tonkin
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Epigraph: 'A Daniel come to judgement! Yea, a Daniel! / O wise young judge, how I do honour thee!' / William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Braille.
- Dyslexic edition.
- Large print.
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Phryne Fisher
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Killing Women : Rewriting Detective Fiction 1993; (p. 89-97) -
[Review] Death at Victoria Dock
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Mean Streets : A Quarterly Journal of Crime, Mystery and Detection , August no. 7 1992; (p. 50-51)
— Review of Death at Victoria Dock 1992 single work novel -
Guilt Edge
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 142 1992; (p. 57-58)
— Review of Death at Victoria Dock 1992 single work novel ; To Make a Killing 1992 single work novel ; The Makeover Murders 1992 single work novel -
Time is Right to Retire with a Detective Story
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 30 May 1992; (p. 9)
— Review of Death at Victoria Dock 1992 single work novel -
Paperbacks
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 May 1992; (p. 23)
— Review of Death at Victoria Dock 1992 single work novel
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Crime
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 6 June 1992; (p. 9)
— Review of Death by Defamation 1991 single work novel ; The Makeover Murders 1992 single work novel ; Death at Victoria Dock 1992 single work novel -
Tough Truths
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 July 1992; (p. 65)
— Review of Death by Defamation 1991 single work novel ; The Makeover Murders 1992 single work novel ; No Way Back 1992 single work novel ; White Collar 1992 single work novel ; Dead Set-Up 1992 single work novel ; Death at Victoria Dock 1992 single work novel -
Criminal Intent : a Review of Recent Australian Crime Fiction
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Scarp , October no. 21 1992; (p. 72-74)
— Review of Browning P.I. 1992 single work novel ; To Make a Killing 1992 single work novel ; The Japanese Job 1992 single work novel ; The Makeover Murders 1992 single work novel ; No Way Back 1992 single work novel ; White Collar 1992 single work novel ; Dead Set-Up 1992 single work novel ; Set Up 1992 single work novel ; Whipping Boy 1992 single work novel ; Death at Victoria Dock 1992 single work novel -
Forecasts
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , February vol. 71 no. 1023 1992; (p. 27)
— Review of Death at Victoria Dock 1992 single work novel -
Paperbacks
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 May 1992; (p. 23)
— Review of Death at Victoria Dock 1992 single work novel -
Phryne Fisher
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Killing Women : Rewriting Detective Fiction 1993; (p. 89-97)
- Melbourne, Victoria,
- 1920s
