The second season of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries began airing on 6 September 2013, after the series was renewed by the ABC on 26 July 2012, and completed on 22 December 2013 with thirteen episodes. The second series is based on Greenwood's novels Dead Man's Chest, Unnatural Habits and various short stories. Cox commented that she and Eagger were "thrilled" that many of the cast and crew from the first series were returning.
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| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1 | "Murder Most Scandalous" | 6 September 2013 |
| Miss Phryne Fisher is back! When Jack's father-in-law is implicated in the brutal murder of a prostitute, Phryne decides to perfect her 'fan dance' in order to go undercover at a gentleman's club. | |||
| 15 | 2 | "Death Comes Knocking" | 13 September 2013 |
| Phryne plays host to ghostly soldiers and exotic spiritualists and Aunt Prudence is swept up in the new spiritualist fad and enlists a famed psychic to contact her dead godson. | |||
| 16 | 3 | "Dead Man's Chest" | 20 September 2013 |
| Buried treasure and pirate legends bubble to the surface in the seaside holiday town of Queenscliff and Phryne finds herself at the pointy end of a Spanish dagger. | |||
| 17 | 4 | "Deadweight" | 27 September 2013 |
| When a gang leader is found dead outside a traveling boxing tent, Phryne's investigation leads her into the dangerous but thrilling world of fight rigging & tribal payback. | |||
| 18 | 5 | "Murder A La Mode" | 4 October 2013 |
| When Phryne arrives at the exclusive fashion house of Madame Fleuri for a fitting, she unexpectedly finds herself amidst a crime scene, and everyone present is a suspect! | |||
| 19 | 6 | "Marked for Murder" | 11 October 2013 |
| Set amidst the passion & fanaticism of 1929 Australian Rules football. When Phryne is duped into investigating the coach's missing 'lucky cap', she discovers a gruesome murder instead. | |||
| 20 | 7 | "Blood at the Wheel" | 18 October 2013 |
| When the driver of the ladies' motorcar rally team is found dead in her roadster, Phryne is up in arms struggling to convince Jack that her friend's death was no accident. | |||
| 21 | 8 | "The Blood of Juana the Mad" | 25 October 2013 |
| Now estranged, Phryne and Jack step around each other to investigate a murder and the disappearance of a valuable manuscript. | |||
| 22 | 9 | "Framed for Murder" | 1 November 2013 |
| Phryne journeys into the twilight world of silent movies. When a lead actor and a director are murdered, Phryne steps in to solve the crime and save the production. | |||
| 23 | 10 | "Death on the Vine" | 8 November 2013 |
| When Phryne arrives at an idyllic vineyard to investigate a suspicious death, hostile townsfolk do everything they can to drive her out of town. Hugh prepares for a perfect proposal. | |||
| 24 | 11 | "Dead Air" | 15 November 2013 |
| There's a new wireless in the Fisher household - and a murder on the airwaves. Dot suffers the realisation that she doesn't want to relinquish working with Miss Fisher when she marries. | |||
| 25 | 12 | "Unnatural Habits" | 22 November 2013 |
| The gothic world of a halfway house for pregnant and wayward girls sets the scene for the death of a teenager. Phryne and Jack realise the threads of the crime lead closer to home than they suspected. | |||
| 26 | 13 | "Murder Under the Mistletoe" | 22 December 2013 |
| Phryne, Dot and Dr Mac accompany Aunt Prudence to a picturesque chalet to celebrate Christmas. When they arrive they find one of the residents dead and soon the body count starts to rapidly rise. | |||