Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears is a flirty, subversive return to the world of our favorite lady detective.

Though the special effects are something short of big-budget, it is charming withal, a TV B-picture with a modicum of sense, a little sex and as much suspense as many of us can presently handle.

I saw this not as pinching pennies but as embracing the melodramatic. As I said, this is a movie where it's best to go with the flow...

Feeling like a regular episode stretched out with more cash to splash, it's saved by the sheer luminosity of Davis, owning Phryne's fabulous outfits