"Quite right. Drifting through space and not knowing when you're going to land or get to go home sounds like a good opportunity to read new books and do new things." Phryne could agree with that. "There's so many different rooms in this ship, I've found it's quite hard to get bored." And if you were bored, clearly you were doing something wrong.
She laughed a little. "Well I know some very fine policemen. At home I tend to.. well solve mysteries. They just sort of drop in my lap. The police don't like me to get involved but.. well." Phryne shrugged some and tried not to look sheepish. "The Scourge of Saint Petersburg? Now that sounds like a good title for a mystery book. I suppose romance novels really just give me something to think of when I don't want to think. If it had both though.. that would be.. splendid. I'd read that in a heartbeat."