Introducing The Honourable Phryne Fisher (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
Phryne trod slowly up the stairs, the lift being out of order, and knocked on a flimsy wooden door. Something loud and vaguely operatic was playing on a gramophone inside. Phryne knocked again. The door was flung open by a girl in a coat and hat. ‘Oh, good, dearie, you’re just in time. He’s doing his block in there. I told him that I’d have to leave early but he just keeps going on about his nymph. Good luck, and don’t take no notice. He ain’t bad; just loud.’ So saying, she tripped lightly down the stairs and Phryne was confronted with a burst of what she assumed were swear words in Italian. They proceeded from behind a beaded curtain, and a voice yelled, ‘Avanti! Vieni, vieni qua, signorina. I haven’t got all night and you’re letting the cold in. Come along! I won’t bite, whatever Mary told you at the door.’ This sounded promising, and the voice was light and pleasant, so Phryne brushed the beads aside and went in. The studio was a large, light room, with the winter sun fading through the skylight.
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