My Darling Friends and Visitors, br Please enjoy Romantic Rudy Vallee crooning "You Opened My Eyes" and a montage of the Delightful Detective MISS FISHER br (Essie Davis) I have just discovered it on PBS, it is such FUN! br br Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries is an Australian television drama series. It was first broadcast on ABC1 on 24 February 2012. The series is based on author Kerry Greenwood's Phryne Fisher 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 (Essie Davis), a glamorous private detective in 1920s Melbourne. The first thirteen-part series was filmed over a six-month period in and around Melbourne from July 2011 and each episode had a budget of $1 million. The drama has been bought by 120 territories worldwide. A second series was commissioned in August 2012 and filming began in February 2013. The series began airing from 6 September 2013 and concluded with a Christmas special on 22 December 2013. A third series was commissioned in June 2014.