History Series / MissFishersMurderMysteries

''Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries'' is an Australian television drama series, first broadcast on Creator/TheABC in February 2012. The series is based on author Creator/KerryGreenwood's Literature/PhryneFisher murder mystery novels and was created by Deb Cox and Fiona Eagger. ''Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries'' revolves around the personal and professional life of Phryne Fisher (played by Creator/EssieDavis), a glamorous private detective in 1920s Melbourne.

** Phryne's [[VagueAge actual age is a bit vague]] - the series uses the same dates as the novels which would make her 28-29, but Essie Davis is 15 years older than that (despite often not looking it) and doesn't seem to portray Phryne as a woman in her 20s (mid-to-late 30s seems most likely).

* WillTheyOrWontThey: Phryne and Jack. They're plainly attracted to each other from the word 'go', and after Jack's divorce, they spend the rest of the show spiraling closer and closer to each other, to the point where it seems more like a matter of ''when'' than a matter of ''if'' they'll end up together. (See also: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyfTCEavIRg this s3 promo.]]) [[spoiler:TheyDo in the final episode, complete with a passionate OfficialKiss.]]

* UsefulNotes/WorldWarI: The events of the war affected many characters who were involved in it. Phryne was a nurse and saw many soldiers die under her care. Jack came back home changed, effectively destroying his marriage.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Beatrice Mason in the episode "The Blood of Juana the Mad" has some traits of autism spectrum disorders - she HatesBeingTouched, she is extremely particular about small details, and she gets extremely upset if anything gets out of place - but it is never established what exactly her disorder is, if any. This is a {{justified trope}}, since the proper diagnosis for autism wouldn't be available for another decade, and even then, autism-spectrum disorders were chronically underdiagnosed until, arguably, the TurnOfTheMillennium. Even today, women with the disorders are more likely to be undiagnosed due to the fact that women with the disorders frequently display fewer symptoms, as well as the perception that only men suffer from them (in reality, it's estimated that about 20% of sufferers are women).

* BlingBlingBang: Phryne Fisher's WeaponOfChoice is a gold-plated .38 snub-nose revolver.

* Omniglot: There's barely a language of which Phryne doesn't know at least a smattering.

A DistantSequel {{spinoff}} of four telefilms set in TheSixties and starring Phryne's long-lost niece has also been released, titled ''Series/MsFishersModernMurderMysteries''.

* NeverSuicide: Because it's AlwaysMurder. Jack and Phryne try to entertain the idea in one episode, but the foul play is obvious [[TvTropesWillRuinYourLife even to viewers]].

A [[ForeignRemake Chinese Remake]] set in the Shanghai Bund called 旗袍美探/''Miss S'' began in 2020.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Jane, perhaps due to [[NotAllowedToGrowUp her child actress aging too fast]] (see FrozenInTime entry below)

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A DistantSequel {{spinoff}} of four telefilms set in TheSixties and starring Phryne's long-lost niece has also been released, titled ''Series/MissFishersModernMurderMysteries''.

* {{Fanservice}}: Sometimes it feels as if the plot deliberately seeks out situations to put Phryne in increasingly more revealing costumes. This culminates in an episode where she goes undercover as a topless fan-dancer...and appears to enjoy every minute of it.

** "Murder at Montparnasse" starts off with two seemingly separate cases, Bert and Cec's friend being run down in a hit and run, and the recently reopened murder of an artist friend of Phyrne's from Paris. [[spoiler: It turns out that Bert and two of his friends were witnesses to the former crime, and that the murderer has come to Australia to kill them to keep them from talking.]]