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The Shortest Way to Hades by Sarah Caudwell
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The Shortest Way to Hades

by Sarah Caudwell

Series: Hilary Tamar (2)

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Sadly, I only have one more Sarah Caudwell to look forward to now.
  athenasowl | Sep 25, 2009 |
Professor Hilary Tamar's young Chancery barrister friends have finished an inheritance case when one of the minor beneficiaries turns up dead. It's assumed to be suicide, and as she wasn't the heiress nobody cares, but when the heiress is involved in an sailing accident in Greece, Hilary realises these were not accidents.

This is the second Hilary Tamar novel and although I find them difficult to read, deciphering the legal language to find the wit is worth the effort. This one had some particular favourite scenes with Selena and Julia being invited upon false pretences to what turns out to be an orgy.
  alasen_reads | Jul 16, 2009 |
Just reread this (April, 2009). The mystery is good and the author quite funny, but now the book seems a bit, well, twee is the word, I think. ( )
  bohemima | Apr 11, 2009 |
Ultra Brit. For some readers the writing style may take some getting used to, but I found that it quickly became a fast read. The plot is weak but the characters are fun. ( )
  johnclaydon | Apr 13, 2008 |
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This page is an exception to the rule that my friends J.T. and J.B. never appear on the same side of anything. Those that follow are dedicated to them jointly, in gratitude for their kindness and encouragement and innumerable drinks in the Corkscrew.
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Each member of "the nursery," a group of brilliant yet bungling young barristers, has one member of a wealthy British family as a client. When they realize that death and taxes are being manipulated - and not by them - the team calls in Oxford don Hilary Tamar to help.

Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0440212332, Mass Market Paperback)

It seemed the perfect way to avoid three million in taxes on a five-million-pound estate: change the trust arrangement. Everyone in the family agreed to support the heiress, ravishing raven-haired Camilla Galloway, in her court petition -- except dreary Cousin Deirdre, who suddenly demanded a small fortune for her signature. Then Deirdre had a terrible accident. That was when the young London barristers handling the trust -- Cantrip, Selena, Timothy, Ragwort, and Julia -- summoned their Oxford friend Professor Hilary Tamar to Lincoln's Inn. Julia thinks it's murder. Hilary demurs. Why didn't the heiress die? But when the accidents escalate and they learn of the naked lunch at Uncle Rupert's, Hilary the Scholar embarks on the most perilous quest of all: the truth....

(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:12 -0400)

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