I'm joining Ginny today and lots of other lovely knitters and readers over at the Yarn Along. Pop over, become inspired, join us!
I'm so gratefully inspired by women around me. For this week's venture I thank two of you directly, Angela at Peach Coglo for the bookmark I'm knitting for my fabulous sister Sally and vivacious Julie for introducing me to the Honorable Miss Phryne Fisher.
The bookmark is so delicate, bloody practical and a pleasure to knit.
The book. I hardly ever lay my eyes on fiction and when I do it is rare for me to branch out to a detective story not written by Miss Agatha Christie, Crime writer of the century - this one and the last. Did you know that Agatha Christie was often called in by Scotland Yard to solve their unsolvable mysteries or that she faked her own disappearance for 3 weeks and no-one had any leads? She worked in a dispensary whilst working for the war effort so found out all about poisons - a subject often used in her stories, she has sold over 2 billion books... I love Poirot and Marple and Christie's study of human behaviour. She had a fascinating private life, married twice, houses all over the world including one in Baghdad. Agatha, for me, is up there, right up there. Why bother reading anything second to her? Well, I never, ever did until the sexy, sassy, clever, vivacious private detective Phryne Fisher was invented by Kerry Greenwood.These novels are such a breath of fresh air for the detective scene and I'm sure Miss Christie would agree. Phyrne even reads Christie! She is dangerous, fearless, generous and fair. She flys a tiger moth airplane and drives a racing car. She is my kind of girl.
I think I have gone on enough.
For an extract of Greenwood's latest book, my favourite to date, Dead Man's Chest click here.
'Greenwood's prose has a dagger in its garter; her hero is raunchy and promiscuous in the best sense.'
The Weekend Australia.
Recently announced;
Phryne is headed for the small screen!
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries is due to go into production in July 2011, with screening scheduled for ABC1 in 2012. Produced by Fiona Eagger & Deb Cox, the 13 one-hour episodes are based on the novels of Australian author Kerry Greenwood. Our lady sleuth sashays through the back lanes and jazz clubs of late 1920’s Melbourne, fighting injustice with her pearl handled pistol and her dagger sharp wit. Leaving a trail of admirers in her wake, our thoroughly modern heroine makes sure she enjoys every moment of her lucky life!
