Ruddy Gore

A Phryne Fisher Mystery, Book 7

By: Kerry Greenwood

Narrated by: Stephanie Daniel

The glorious Phryne Fisher returns to the spotlight in her seventh adventure. Fisher is an independent, unconventional PI with competence, unflappability and flamboyance in equal measures.

Running late to the Hinkler gala performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's Ruddigore, she meets some thugs in a dark alley and handles them convincingly before they can ruin her silver dress. Phryne then finds that she has rescued a gorgeous Chinese, Lin Chung, and his grandmother, and is briefly mistaken for a deity. Denying divinity but accepting cognac, she later continues safely to the theater. But it's an unexpected evening as her night is again interrupted by a most bizarre death onstage.

What links can Phryne possibly find between the ridiculously entertaining plot of Ruddigore, the city's Chinese community, and the actors treading the boards of His Majesty's Theatre? Drawn backstage and onstage, Phryne must solve an old murder and find a new murderer, and, of course, banish the theater's ghost, who seems likely to kill again.

©2006 Kerry Greenwood; 2006 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Critic reviews

"Scented, dangerous, and highly enjoyable." ( The Weekend Australian)

"Phryne Fisher sparkles with wit and champagne elegance. Stephanie Daniel performs with genteel ease. Her upper-class Australian accents and her wild assortment of reputable and disreputable characters are truly amazing." ( AudioFile)

I enjoyed this immensly

This read is much better than the television adaptation. I enjoyed this immensely. This story is a particular favorite of mine because of the character Lin Chung. I watched the television series first and I much appreciate the book version better. This is the first audible book I ever listened to. I'm glad I bought another one.

Excellent story, well researched, talented reader

Any additional comments?

I enjoy all of Kerry Greenwoods books. they are well researched, and exceptionally well written when it comes to clearly imagining the story in the various settings, with accurate historical details, maintaining the audience's/reader's attention with an engaging pace and enticing, well-developed, believable characters. The voice performance artist, Stephanie Daniel, is energetic, versatile, able to bring pitch and tone variations to the many characters, as well as diverse and accurate accents to her performance of them consistently throughout the story. The only area of performance that might be considered for modification in future is Ms Daniel's singing, she might consider lyrically reading the dialgue of the song versus trying to sing the songs off key, otherwise an exceptionally talented performing voice artist. Thank you both, so much, for sharing your talents

A great story

One of my favorites of the series. This book introduces a new key character to the series. I don’t want to give anything away, so please listen.

Great fun!

What a marvelous book! Lovely story and I learned SO much. I didn't even know that Gilbert and Sullivan had written a play called Ruddigore. I learned about it, about Australia in the 1920's and had a marvelous murder mystery to boot!

If you're into sex, suspense and sadistic gore, this is NOT the book for you, but if you love old-fashioned whodunits, download this book today!

The narrator is wonderful and she even sings! (Quite well, too!). More Phrynie Fisher please!! She's wonderful!

I could've done without Stephanie Daniel's singing

I've thoroughly enjoyed the first six books in the series. I just got the 8th, and I'll probably get the 9th, the 10th, ...

My only complaint with the stories is that sometimes the ways the villains commit their crimes seem more than a little contrived, although I very much like Kerry Greenwood's attention to detail, and I do like Phryne, so this is ample compensation.

I normally deeply appreciate Stephanie Daniel's narration. She does more than read the story. She gives a first-rate performance. I really could've done without her singing, however. I wish I could've found an easy way to skip over it. She may've put me off Gilbert and Sullivan forever...