I agree that the writing quality's fallen off. I was looking forward to Death in Daylesford after so many years gap between books, but when I finally got it, it took me multiple tries to get through because of the writing. I checked out Murder in Williamstown from the library and did read it, but I can't remember the plot. I saw the same quality falloff in her most recent Corinna Chapman mystery, The Spotted Dog, so it's not just being rusty with Phryne's world.

I like the Miss Fisher TV show and the TV Phryne/Jack relationship, but it works for me because I consider it a separate story universe whose characters happen to have the same names and some resemblance to the book characters. When TV Phryne/Jack starts seeping into book Phryne & Jack, it is, as my kid would say, cringe.