Blood and Circuses by Kerry Greenwood, 208 pages
From the MARC: "Phryne Fisher is bored with her perfect life when a man from her past asks for her help in investigating strange happenings at Farrell's Circus, drawing Phryne into the strange carnival underworld."
I hadn't heard of Phyrne Fisher until I'd watched the tv show; I didn't realize it was based on a book series until later. As I've made my way through the books, it's been really interesting to compare the show to the books. The episode based on this book is not one of my favorites, but I really enjoyed this novel.
Blood and Circuses was published in 1994 and has an intersex character whose arc is approached with empathy and a quiet awareness I wasn't expecting. We also get to see a side of Phyrne that the show sometimes teased out but that the books hadn't really flushed out yet: how her poverty-stricken, traumatic upbringing still affects her.
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