RHL Nostalgia, romance, escapism, thrill, panache and sartorial radiance; 'Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries' has all of this in abundance and presents in such an elegantly graceful and cultured way, with just a hint of mischievousness!I truly enjoyed this wonderful drama series and am distraught that there are only three series; encore series four!Essie Davis (Phryne Fisher) and her fellow central characters shine and have delivered a wholesome drama that is unrivaled; we need more of this!

Ferd Berfel Essie is such a delight. She's a Thoroughly Modern Millie in the flesh. Being a Yank, the setting is great because it's 'new". My wife and I really enjoy the characters and the plots. The whole thing is just good fun to watch. If you like detective dramas but are a tad burned out on the usual fare then by all means give this a try!

sjvaughn-90495 Miss Fisher's Mysteries is great fun - not too serious, tongue in cheek and cheeky. Phryne Fisher is a breath of fresh air. Sleuthing keeps your interest, the dynamic between Ms Fisher and the detective maintains light dynamic tension. But the best thing about the series is its style! The clothes! The hats! Why isn't every hat designer in the world taking the hint? I haven't seen anything as flattering as these hats in anywhere, except perhaps Mary's chapeaus in Downton Abbey. Please someone wake up the fashion and hat designers out there and tell them to take notes!

admatha-767-524200 I heard this touted as a great show with a great heroine, and ... well, I sort of agree. It's "all right" as far as having a strong heroine goes, but I admit to being disappointed when they went the romance route with Phryne and Jack instead of a solid friendship. It's such an overdone route, and undermines everything that delighted me about Phryne to begin with - her frank enjoyment of sex, singlehood, and being an independent woman in a time when women were still expected to give up working when they got married. I much preferred having a 20s female James Bond type of character, who bedded men involved with the case, and solved the cases stylishly and coolly. It would have been a much fresher and more unique take on a "lady detective" than what actually happens. Also, now they have to find ways to drag it out, which just means continual irritating side stories taking time away from the main story of each episode - Jack's jealousy, Jack's ex-wife, etc., etc.I also didn't really enjoy the ongoing background stories much. Being filmed as short individual stories, I think they should have been kept as short individual stories. The longer ones just cut in and out too sloppily. Jane, for instance, is adopted, and then only ever seen again when she's useful to the story. This makes Phryne come off as selfish in the worst way, taking in a kid that she then ships off to school and never has anything to do with except when she's needed for a case. The child killer story and Phryne's father's story, like Jane, dropped in and out of each episode if and when necessary, but dropped out again a moment later. And frequently this was combined with cutting straight from solving a brutal, vicious murder to Phryne throwing yet another party. Again, makes Phryne (and co) come off as heartless.AND YET despite this, I loved it, believe it or not. Every regular character is a delight, and for each instance of the issues above, there were plenty of instances of fantastically enjoyable story, dialogue, action, etc. I love that Phryne frequently saves herself during a situation of her vs. villain, with Jack bursting in only in time to see her dusting herself off and waiting for him to make the 'official' arrest. I love their friendship. I LOVE the evolution of the relationship between Dot and Hugh, which is a much more satisfactory relationship than Jack and Phryne's. I love Bert and Cec, Mr. Butler, Mac, and good god, I adore Aunt Prudence, who is one of the delightful frequent recurrences in the series, and who dances on the line between "likeable" and "unlikeable" with style and grace, never falling definitely on either side.I also really enjoy the modern issues that show up - including but absolutely not limited to transgenderism, gay and lesbian relationships, various disabilities, and Phryne's attitude toward them all goes a long way to highlighting how despicable attitudes toward them were then, and how despicable they still are now. It's never awkward or forced, it just is a part of the people's lives and they are parts that Phryne accepts them as who they are. I'm not describing it well, but I feel it needs to be acknowledged as a very good thing.