Phryne investigates the puzzling death of a magazine columnist and author of fairy stories. To get to
the truth, she must unearth the deceptions and rampant rivalries of the magazine’s thoroughly
modern working women - and dig into the past of their token male employee. Meanwhile, Phryne
rekindles her affair with the sensuous Lin Chung – whose arranged marriage has stalled in a mire of
family politics and intrigue.