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Is part of
Phryne Fisher Mysteries
1989-
series - author
novel
(number
2
in series)
Issue Details:
First known date:
1990...
1990
Flying Too High
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The 1920's most talented and glamorous detective, Phryne Fisher, handles a murder, a kidnapping and the usual beautiful young men with style and consummate ease - and all before it's time to adjourn to the Queenscliff Hotel for breakfast. (Source: back cover, 1990 edition)
Notes
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Dedication: To David Lewis John Greagg / My own dear darling
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Epigraph: Flying too high with some girl in the sky / Is my idea of nothing to do / But I get a kick out of you / 'I Get a Kick Out of You', Cole Porter
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Braille.
- Sound recording.
- Large print.
Works about this Work
-
Phryne Fisher
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Killing Women : Rewriting Detective Fiction 1993; (p. 89-97) -
[Review] Flying Too High
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Mean Streets : A Quarterly Journal of Crime, Mystery and Detection , February no. 2 1991; (p. 57)
— Review of Flying Too High 1990 single work novel -
Crime
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 2 January 1991; (p. 2)
— Review of Flying Too High 1990 single work novel -
Shooting Straight at Heart of the Matter
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 16-17 February 1991; (p. rev 6)
— Review of Tropic of Fear 1990 single work novel ; Flying Too High 1990 single work novel ; A Very Proper Death 1990 single work novel ; Wait Till Holly Comes 1990 single work novel ; The Case of the Chinese Boxes 1993 single work novel -
Crime Rules - OK?
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Voices , Winter vol. 1 no. 2 1991; (p. 100-103)
— Review of Tropic of Fear 1990 single work novel ; Flying Too High 1990 single work novel ; A Very Proper Death 1990 single work novel ; Wait Till Holly Comes 1990 single work novel ; Still Murder 1990 single work novel
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Jovial Rogues, Men of Inaction and Excitable Gals
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22 December 1990; (p. 39)
— Review of Tropic of Fear 1990 single work novel ; Flying Too High 1990 single work novel ; Shaved Fish 1990 selected work single work short story -
Crime Rules - OK?
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Voices , Winter vol. 1 no. 2 1991; (p. 100-103)
— Review of Tropic of Fear 1990 single work novel ; Flying Too High 1990 single work novel ; A Very Proper Death 1990 single work novel ; Wait Till Holly Comes 1990 single work novel ; Still Murder 1990 single work novel -
Shooting Straight at Heart of the Matter
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 16-17 February 1991; (p. rev 6)
— Review of Tropic of Fear 1990 single work novel ; Flying Too High 1990 single work novel ; A Very Proper Death 1990 single work novel ; Wait Till Holly Comes 1990 single work novel ; The Case of the Chinese Boxes 1993 single work novel -
Australian Private Eyes Arrive in Time for Christmas
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 8 December 1990; (p. 14)
— Review of The Case of the Chinese Boxes 1993 single work novel ; Flying Too High 1990 single work novel -
Good Fun - of the Formula Variety
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Society , December vol. 9 no. 12 1990; (p. 48)
— Review of A Reliable Source 1990 single work novel ; Flying Too High 1990 single work novel ; Faces in the Rain 1990 single work novel -
Beach Books
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Independent Monthly , December-January vol. 2 no. 6 1990-1991; (p. 46-47) -
Phryne Fisher
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Killing Women : Rewriting Detective Fiction 1993; (p. 89-97) -
Historic Whodunnits
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Sunday Herald (Sunday Review) , 16 December 1990; (p. 20)
Last amended 9 Feb 2022 11:18:40
Settings:
- St Kilda, Caulfield - St Kilda area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,
- 1920s
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