The Lady with the Gun Asks the Questions

The Lady with the Gun Asks the Questions is a collection of short stories involving Phryne Fisher by Kerry Greenwood. Thirteen of the stories were originally published in a Phryne Fisher anthology, A Question of Death. Another four short stories have been added for this volume.

The content of the stories vary from Phryne solving a puzzle, often for a friend or acquaintance, or assisting the police solve a crime. The stories are full of fun and for those who have not read any Phryne Fisher novels provide a good introduction to the books. Three of the short stories that I particularly enjoyed are Hotele Splendide, The Vanishing of Jock McHale's Hat and The Bells of St Pauls.

Most of the stories are set in Melbourne and readers from Australia will recognise many of the locations where stories are set. At the beginning of the volume is a short article by Kerry Greenwood on how she came to write the Phryne Fisher novels. All in all this is a fun volume of light crime stories.