Fryne Fisher, the lady detective from Melbourne, is furious—she was shot at! But it wasn’t only her beloved red car that was damaged; an unknown young man, whom Miss Fisher found on the cobblestones near the Victoria dock, was also hurt. She is determined to find the criminals and make them pay, but the case will be anything but easy. Fryne will face anarchists and revolutionaries, visit a tattoo parlor and attend a séance—and in the end, she’ll get what she wants. Not only in her investigations, but also in love.