Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears - BLU-RAY

Big-screen reprise for Essie Davis as Kerry Greenwood's stylish Jazz Age sleuth finds Phryne Fisher engineering the daring rescue of Bedouin political prisoner Shirin (Izabella Yena) from her Jerusalem cell. The audacious act would embroil Miss Fisher in a desert adventure to determine whether the disappearance of Shirin's tribe resulted from an ancient curse... or contemporary skullduggery. Nathan Page, Rupert Penry-Jones, Ashleigh Cummings, Miriam Margolyes, John Waters also star. 101 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English.

This '60s-set spin-off of the popular Australian Jazz Age-era detective show stars Geraldine Hakewell as mod Melbourne adventuress Peregrine Fisher, who inherited the estate of her estimable Aunt Phryne-to say nothing of her knacks for sleuthing and high style.

Essie Davis (The Babadook, The Slap) returns as Miss Phryne Fisher, a lady detective from Melbourne with a fabulous sense of fun and a flair for solving crimes. In a country reemerging from the shadow of World War I, Phryne takes life in her stride-and murder, too. Detective Inspector Jack Robinson (Nathan Page, The Secret Life of Us) works alongside her, although she often outraces him to the crime scene. Despite Jack's efforts to keep matters on a professional level, their playful partnership is growing more and more personal. In Series 3, Phryne and Jack's developing relationship is matched by the on-again, off-again romance of Phryne's assistant, Dot Williams (Ashleigh Cummings, Tomorrow, When the War Began), and Jack's constable, Hugh Collins (Hugo Johnstone-Burt, San Andreas). But with the unexpected arrival of her father in Australia, Phryne recalls troubling incidents from her past-and contends with ominous affairs in the present.