When the 1920s\' most glamorous lady detective, the Honourable Miss Phryne Fisher, arranges to go to Ballarat for the week, she eschews the excitement of her red Hispano-Suiza racing car for the sedate safety of the train.
Phryne is left to piece together the clues after this restful country sojourn turns into the stuff of nightmares: a young girl who can\'.
As the passengers sleep, they are poisoned with chloroform.
The last thing she expects is to have to use her trusty Beretta .32 to save lives.
When the 1920s\' most glamorous lady detective, the Honourable Miss Phryne Fisher, arranges to go to Ballarat for the week, she eschews the excitement of her red Hispano-Suiza racing car for the sedate safety of the train
