Phryne Fisher is invited to an exclusive gala at the newly opened Royal Aviary in Melbourne to celebrate the arrival of a rare, golden-crested bird from the Orient. The event is a swirl of silk, jazz, and illegal gin, hosted by a reclusive billionaire, Lord Sterling.
immediately takes charge, her gold-plated pistol ready, much to the exasperated sigh of Detective Inspector Jack Robinson , who arrived just in time to see her crouching over the body. Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
notices a smudge of rare blue pigment on a servant's cuff—a color used only in high-end restorative art. Phryne Fisher is invited to an exclusive gala