| Duration: | 5160 min |
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In this spin-off to the wildly popular Australian mystery series, Phryne Fisher's long-lost niece, Peregrine (Geraldine Hakewill, Wanted), decides to …
The morning after a party, an architect—who was supposed to be redesigning Peregrine’s home—and his lover are found dead in the sauna. Peregrine and James attempt to retrace the partygoers’ movements, but the task proves difficult as the guests were swapping partners in the name of free love.
After Phryne Fisher goes missing in 1964, her long-lost niece, Peregrine, inherits her Melbourne estate. When model Barbie Jones is found murdered at a bridal show held by Florence Astor, a friend of Phryne’s and fellow member of the Adventuresses’s Club of the Antipodes, the enterprising Ms Fisher decides to step into her aunt’s shoes and become a private detective herself.
Peregrine’s excitement over her upcoming nuptials is short-lived as she begins to realize she and James have different plans for their future together. When a woman’s body is discovered during flight attendant training at Melbourne Airport, Peregrine goes undercover at hostess school.
When a pop star and his backup singer are electrocuted during their surfing-inspired segment on a TV music show, Peregrine’s ex-boyfriend Eric comes under suspicion for their deaths. Unexpectedly, Peregrine is employed by Edwina Maddox, owner of the network and an old foe of Birdie’s, to investigate the crime.
After receiving a distress call, Birdie finds the body of her best friend, Dr. Cecile Armand, in a car crash, though the scene appears to be staged. Peregrine goes undercover at the government lab where Cecile worked to find out more about her highly classified project.
When the head chef at an international culinary school gets a cleaver to the back, Samuel’s former sister-in-law—the business partner of the victim—lands in hot water. Peregrine finds herself in a pressure cooker of an investigation as she works together with James to expose a maze of fraudulent activity at the institution and dangerous family secrets.