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Raisins and Almonds

by Kerry Greenwood · 1997

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Phryne Fisher loves dancing, especially with gorgeous young Simon Abrahams. But Phrynes contentment at the Jewish Young Peoples Society Dance is cut short when Simons father asks her to investigate the strange death of a devout young student in Miss Sylvia Lees bookshop located in the Eastern Market.

Genre
mysteryhistorical fictioncrimehistorical mysterycozy mystery
Themes
murderjewishfeminism
Setting
melbourneaustralia
Subject
history
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 207 pages

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