The further adventures of the Hon. Phryne Fisher take place in Sydney where she and her maid, Dorothy, go for a “vacation.” Phryne promises Dot ‘no murders on this trip.’ Instead, she does undertake to solve two mysteries.Two young men, university students, implore her to solve a theft from the university safe in the Dean’s office of a number of items, including an ancient Egyptian papyrus, so that a friend of theirs can be absolved of the thievery. Then there is the matter of Dot’s sister, who is missing. Each involves usual circumstances, enabling the author to demonstrate Phryne’s unusual tastes and ability to intuit, as well as to use a wide range of uncanny knowledge of ancient lore and rituals.