Cocaine Blues

Adventure, glamour, and mystery await in Cocaine Blues, a female detective novel set in dazzling 1920s Melbourne.

When the Honourable Phryne Fisher tires of traipsing through London’s dull elite society, she sets her sights on solving crime in Australia—and steps straight into a city simmering with secrets. No sooner has Phryne checked into the elegant Windsor Hotel than she’s swept into a whirlwind of intrigue: poisoned wives, a cocaine smuggling operation, police corruption, and secret political plots.

Phryne’s daring investigation leads her from high society scandals to erotic encounters with the alluring Russian dancer, Sasha de Lisse. As tension rises like steam, Phryne races to protect herself and save other young women—before it’s too late.

Cocaine Blues is the book that launched the bestselling, award-winning Phryne Fisher Mysteries—now a global phenomenon and the inspiration behind the hit Netflix series Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries.

"Phryne can not get enough of adventure and the reader can not get enough of Phryne."—Deadly Pleasures