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Shortest Way to Hades

Pages
208
Published
1995
Language
English

Synopsis

When a legal shortcut to avoid hefty inheritance taxes leads to murder, Oxford legal scholar Hilary Tamar is called in to investigate. With one beneficiary already eliminated, Hilary must race against time to solve the mystery before the killer strikes again. This clever whodunit combines legal intrigue with classic detective work.

About the author

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Sarah L. Caudwell

Excerpts from the obituary: http://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/feb/08/guardianobituaries1 by Jenny Chamier Grove The Guardian, Tuesday 8 February 2000 01.09 GMT Sarah Caudwell, who has died of cancer aged 60, was a barrister who turned to crime writing when she ran out of good crime novels to read. It is no coincidence that the titles of all Sarah's books contain classical references. She was educated at Aberdeen high school for girls and the local university, where she read Latin and...

Characters

Hilary TamarProtagonist
All characters in Shortest Way to Hades