The circus is in town, and St Kilda is having its first Flower Festival, which includes a parade.
But when her own adopted daughter Ruth goes missing, Phryne is determined that nothing will stand in the way of her retrieving her lost child..
She is also assisted in this task by an old flame from Orkney, the owner of the most exclusive brothel in St Kilda, and several elephants.
Phryne investigates through the underworld with the help of Bert, Cec, and her little beretta.
One of her flower maidens, however, is unstable and has vanished.
And who should be Queen of said Flowers but the Honourable Phryne Fisher? She has dresses to purchase, cinemas to visit, and agreeable cocktails to drink.
The circus is in town, and St Kilda is having its first Flower Festival, which includes a parade
