Sarah Caudwell Books In Order

Hilary Tamar Books In Publication Order

  1. Thus Was Adonis Murdered (1981)
  2. The Shortest Way to Hades (1984)
  3. The Sirens Sang of Murder (1989)
  4. The Sibyl in Her Grave (2000)

Anthologies In Publication Order

  1. The Perfect Murder (1991)
  2. Women Before the Bench (2001)

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Sarah Caudwell Books Overview

Thus Was Adonis Murdered

This is the story of Julia Larwood, a young barrister who finds herself accused of the murder of a young man whilst on holiday in Venice. A friend comes to her aid and unravels the clues, discovering an art theft, an impersonation and the identity of the killer.

The Shortest Way to Hades

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…
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The Sirens Sang of Murder

There’s no such thing as a free lunch…
Young barrister Michael Cantrip has skipped off to the Channel Islands to take on a tax law case that’s worth a fortune if Cantrip’s tax planning chums can locate the missing heir. But Cantrip has waded in way over his head. Strange things are happening on these mysterious, isolated islands and something or somebody is bumping off members of the legal team, one by one. Very soon Cantrip is calling upon the aid of his colleagues back at Lincoln’s Inn and it’s up to amateur investigator Hilary Tamar to get Cantrip back to the safety of his chambers alive!

The Sibyl in Her Grave

Hailed by critics as a master of ‘the most elegant and literate comedy of manners in the mystery field today,’ Sarah Caudwell returns to London with her redoubtable team of young barristers Cantrip, Selena, Ragwort, and Julia in a mystery that crackles with her uniquely bewitching blend of wit and malice. The Sibyl in Her Grave.

Julia Larwood’s aunt Regina needs help. It seems that she and two friends pooled their modest resources and, on the advice of another friend, invested in equities. A short term investment in small companies. Big risk. Big return. Now the tax man demands his due. Aunt Regina is flummoxed. They’ve already spent the money. How can they dig themselves out of the tax hole? But the real question is how on earth did three amateurs make a thousand percent profit in record time, triggering a capital gains tax twice the amount of their original investment? Even more to the point: Can the sin of capital gains trigger corporeal loss?

That’s one for the sibyl, psychic counselor Isabella del Comino, who has offended Aunt Regina and her friends by moving into the local rectory, plowing under a cherished garden, and establishing an aviary of ravens. When Isabella is found dead, all clues seem to lead to death by fiscal misadventure. Was the sibyl compromising someone’s bottom line? Or was it one for the birds?

Julia calls in old friend and Oxford fellow, Professor Hilary Tamar, to follow a money trail that connects Aunt Regina and her friends to what appears to be capital fraud and capital crime. The two women couldn’t have a better champion than the erudite Hilary, as once again Sarah Caudwell sweeps us into the scene of the crime, leaving us to ponder the greatest mystery of all. Hilary, him or her self.

The Perfect Murder

John Cotton was a simple man with one desire: to write the greatest story of his life and have enough life left to read all about it. Reporter John Cotton knows what to do when he finds a great story, but he is a little afraid when a big story begins to find him. It starts when a fellow reporter is murdered and his notebook, filled with information about a tax scam, ends up in John’s hands. Not long afterwards, a body is discovered in John’s car. Then John’s car ends up in the river, a bomb is found in his apartment, and his girlfriend drops out of sight. It’s up to John to unravel the mystery of the notebook and why anyone would kill for the information it contains.

Women Before the Bench

Sharp, shrewd, and skillfully presented, this ingenious anthology of legal drama and suspense features all new stories by some of the top writers in the field and a special introduction from renowned attorney Linda Fairstein. Includes new, original stories by: Perri O’Shaughnessy Jonnie Jacobs Taffy Cannon Michael A. Kahn Claire Youmans Rochelle Krich Carroll Lachnit Sarah Caudwell Jeremiah Healy Margaret Coel Nora DeLoach Carolyn Wheat Margaret Maron

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