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'Dot unfolded the note. "He says that his married couple will look after the divine Miss Fisher . . . I'll leave out a bit . . . their name is Johnson and they seem very reliable." Phryne got the door open at last. She stepped into the hall. "I think he was mistaken about that," she commented.
'Travelling at high speed in her beloved Hispano-Suiza accompanied by her maid and trusted companion Dot, her two adoptive daughters Jane and Ruth and their dog Molly, The Hon Miss Phryne Fisher is off to Queenscliff. She'd promised everyone a nice holiday by the sea with absolutely no murders, but when they arrive at their rented accommodation that doesn't seem likely at all.
'An empty house, a gang of teenage louts, a fisherboy saved, and the mystery of a missing butler and his wife seem to lead inexorably towards a hunt for buried treasure by the sea. But what information might the curious Surrealists be able to contribute? Phryne knows to what depths people will sink for greed but with a glass of champagne in one hand and a pearl-handled Beretta in the other, no-one is getting past her.' (From the publisher's website.)
Adaptations
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Dead Man's Chest
( dir. Ken Cameron
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Byron Bay
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Every Cloud Productions
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2013
7079847
2013
single work
film/TV
crime
'Phryne heads off for a quiet holiday at the seaside holiday town of Queenscliff, confident she will not be disturbed by an investigation. However, buried treasure and pirate legends bubble to the surface in the seaside holiday town. When Aunt Prudence insists Phryne help an old school chum whose holiday mansion has been burgled, Phryne and Jack discover the summer paradise is not so perfect — and Phryne finds herself at the pointy end of a Spanish dagger.'
Source: Australian Television Information Archive. (Sighted: 26/2/2014)
Notes
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Dedication: Dedicated to that strangely inspiring person, Tom Lane. With thanks to my fearless researchers Jean Greenwood, David Greagg, Michael Warby, Jenny Pausacker, Ika Willis, Tamzin and Meredith Phillips.
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Dedication: And in loving memory of Dennis Pryor, a perfect scholar.
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Epigraph: Fifteen men on a dead man's chest / Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum! / Drink and the devil had done for the rest / Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum! / Robert Louis Stevenson / Treasure Island
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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[Review] : Dead Man's Chest
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Publishers Weekly , 11 October vol. 257 no. 20 2010; (p. 28-29)
— Review of Dead Man's Chest 2010 single work novel -
[Review] : Dead Man's Chest
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Kirkus Reviews , 15 October vol. 78 no. 20 2010; (p. 1032)
— Review of Dead Man's Chest 2010 single work novel -
[Review] : Dead Man's Chest
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Booklist , 15 November vol. 107 no. 6 2010; (p. 24)
— Review of Dead Man's Chest 2010 single work novel -
[Review] : Dead Man's Chest
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , October vol. 90 no. 3 2010; (p. 27)
— Review of Dead Man's Chest 2010 single work novel -
Mysteries Solved Elegantly
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 23 October 2010; (p. 23)
— Review of Dead Man's Chest 2010 single work novel
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Mysteries Solved Elegantly
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 23 October 2010; (p. 23)
— Review of Dead Man's Chest 2010 single work novel -
[Review] : Dead Man's Chest
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , October vol. 90 no. 3 2010; (p. 27)
— Review of Dead Man's Chest 2010 single work novel -
[Review] : Dead Man's Chest
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Booklist , 15 November vol. 107 no. 6 2010; (p. 24)
— Review of Dead Man's Chest 2010 single work novel -
[Review] : Dead Man's Chest
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Kirkus Reviews , 15 October vol. 78 no. 20 2010; (p. 1032)
— Review of Dead Man's Chest 2010 single work novel -
[Review] : Dead Man's Chest
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Publishers Weekly , 11 October vol. 257 no. 20 2010; (p. 28-29)
— Review of Dead Man's Chest 2010 single work novel -
form
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First Tuesday Book Club [December 2010]
Sydney
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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2010
15250321
2010
film/TV
Host Jennifer Byrne joins regular panelists Marieke Hardy and Jason Steger, and guests Michael McGirr and Maggie Alderson to discuss and review two Australian novels: Dead Man's Chest by Kerry Greenwood and Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter Carey.
Awards
- Queenscliff, Queenscliff area (Bellarine Peninsula), Geelong - Terang - Lake Bolac area, Victoria,