The latest in a series of delightful and adventurous cosy crime tales featuring the glamorous and feisty Phryne Fisher.

Travelling at high speed in her beloved Hispano-Suiza accompanied by her trusted companion Dot, her two adoptive daughters and their dog, 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 starts to seem less and less likely. An empty house, a gang of teenage louts, 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 what depths people will sink to 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.

'With Phryne Fisher, the indefatigable Greenwood has invented the character-you-fall-in-love-with genre' The Australian

'The tricky plot, lively writing, likable flapper sleuth, and superb sense of period will delight readers' Publisher's Weekly

Traveling 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 toward 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.