The Honorable Phryne Fisher had no idea that danger could await her even in a fashionable dance hall. But one of the dancers falls dead, and Miss Fisher, a lady detective from Melbourne, has to start a new investigation. Do you think she will limit herself to visiting witnesses and relatives of the murdered person? Pipes! Phryne cannot imagine life without risky adventures. She will fly by plane over the mountains, end up in the Australian bush and... in the arms of a brave stranger.