The shortest way to hades - sarah l. caudwell

Each member of the nursery, a group of brilliant yet sometimes bungling young barristers, has one member of a wealthy British family as a client.

When they suspect that a murderers afoot in the familys complex real estate tax case, they once again call in their friend Hilary Tamar, brilliant Oxford don.

Inheritance becomes deadly in this gripping literary puzzle--the second installment of the Hilary Tamar mysteries that began with Thus Was Adonis Murdered .

Foreword by A.

Finn, New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window Die first, pay later.

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, the 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 Lincolns Inn.

Julia thinks its murder.

Hilary demurs.

Why didnt the heiress die? But when the accidents escalate and they learn of the naked lunch at Uncle Ruperts, Hilary the Scholar embarks on the most perilous quest of all: the truth.

Dont miss any of Sarah Caudwells riveting Hilary Tamar mysteries: THUS WAS ADONIS MURDERED - THE SHORTEST WAY TO HADES - THE SIRENS SANG OF MURDER - THE SIBYL IN HER GRAVE.