Murder in Williamstown

By: Kerry Greenwood

Narrated by: Wendy Bos

Accustomed to both murder and dalliance, Australia's favourite detective, the inimitable Miss Fisher, returns in a case that will test her tact and judgement to the full.

When the redoubtable Miss Phryne Fisher receives threatening letters at her home, she enlists the unflappable apprentice Tinker to investigate. But as the harassment of Phryne threatens to spin out of control, her lover, Lin Chung is also targeted.

Meanwhile, Dot begins to fear that her fiance, newly promoted Sergeant Hugh Collins, has gone cold on setting a date for their wedding. Phryne's clever daughters, Ruth and Jane, begin their own investigation into suspiciously dwindling funds when they are sent to help at the Blind Institute.

None of this is quite enough to prevent Phryne from accepting an invitation to a magnificent party at the house of the mysterious Hong. When the party is interrupted by shocking tragedy, Phryne gathers all of her unerring brilliance to track down the miscreants. With some unlikely assistance, Phryne is in a race against time to save a pair of young lovers from disgrace and death.

©2022 Kerry Greenwood (P)2022 W. F. Howes Ltd

The younger ones get involved.

As always, I just adore her stories. I love her open-mindedness, her lack of preaching, her sense of right and wrong, her humor, her portrayal of women, and the way to be a good human being in this universe. All while having a protagonist who, defies the bounds of convention and is ultimately comfortable with herself.

Great story ruined by poor narration

One of the best Miss Fisher stories with a number of fascinating mysteries interwoven together with solutions provided by other characters in the stories. But such poor narration especially compared to Stephanie Daniel who was marvelous and really brought Phryne and friends to life. Maybe I’ll just read the books from now on and keep Daniel’s great narration in my head. She really is the voice of Phryne and friends.

Narrator Stephanie Daniel is missed!!

I love this series, but I've been completely spoiled by the narration of Stephanie Daniel, who sadly passed away. It must be a challenge to replace such an iconic voice, but it feels like they didn't even try. While this narrator has a pleasant voice, she doesn't even try to give each character their own personality. As a result, every character sounds the same, so it becomes a monotonous ramble. I find myself drifting off and not even knowing what's happening in the story by the time I pull my attention back to it. The colorful charm of Miss Phryne is lost in a beige blah and it makes me sad. I have to teturn-- I'll just read this one on my own.

Kerry Greenwood fan

I have read/listened to every Kerry Greenwood book I have been able to find. I was so pleased to find Murder in Williamstown. Wendy Bos voice is wonderful. I highly recommend reading all of the Phryne Fisher books, preferably in order as the stories grow on each other. I also highly recommend Ms Greenwood’s Corinna Chapman series.

Hood

I guess this is the last book in the series and so sad. But it is as really good with murder and suspense as usual

What Were They Thinking

I am currently debating whether to return this book or not. The switch of narrator is completely distracting. It is so bad that it is hard to get the sense of the characters and story. It makes it feel like a completely different author. If I finish it, and decide not to return it, I will not buy any more in this series if they do not go back to the original narrator.

A lovely addition to the series, although I miss the old narrator. 

The narrator is not the unparalleled Stephanie Daniel, but she has most sadly passed beyond the word of earthly narration. So we must find it within our selves to new voices for our beloved characters. This rendition sadly lacks the utter confidence and effervescent Britishness of her work, but when viewed for its own merit as opposed to in contrast it is not a bad reading. (I do remain however ever prejudiced on the subject).

The story is excellent. And I could not recommend it more highly to anyone who enjoys mystery and adventure and strong minded characters, and a story which you can take utter confidence in turning out well and maintaining a sense of positivity and philosophical groundedness throughout.

i miss stephanie daniel

this new narrator isn‘t even remotely up to the task. following the plot gets quite tedious when you can barely differentiate between all the characters. no talent for dialects/accents.
The written book is a better experience. the books plot is also a bit questionable in places. always annoying when an author doesn‘t remember their own characters back stories.

Odd character changes in this one, good story.

First let me say this it is a good story, engaging and a great mystery. I love Kerry Greenwood and buy almost everything she writes. The reader is not bad, but I miss Stephanie Daniels. Here's what I found odd. She seems to have started back at the beginning in relationships with Hugh and Dot and Phryne. In Murder in Montparnasse, it is Phryne who helps Lin and Camilla with their relationship. In this book Camilla is almost adversarial. Jane cut off her hair when Fraiser tried to drown her in Queens Cliff by pulling her under with her plat. "no light pole involved" Lin and Phryne seem like strangers until the end of the book. The college was in Sidney not in Williamstown. "see Death before wicket" Last odd thing, I miss the quote at the beginning of each chapter.

So excited for another book.

This was another great addition to the Miss Fisher series. Thank you for continuing to write her stories.