The Shortest Way to Hades, Sarah Caudwell
The Shortest Way to Hades, Sarah Caudwell
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The Shortest Way to Hades

Author: Sarah Caudwell

Narrator: Lorna Bennett

Unabridged: 9 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/04/2023

Synopsis

Inheritance becomes deadly in this gripping literary puzzle—the second installment of the Hilary Tamar mysteries that began with Thus Was Adonis Murdered.
 
“Sarah Caudwell is one of my very favorite mystery writers.”—A. J. 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 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.

Don’t miss any of Sarah Caudwell’s riveting Hilary Tamar mysteries:
THUS WAS ADONIS MURDERED • THE SHORTEST WAY TO HADES • THE SIRENS SANG OF MURDER • THE SIBYL IN HER GRAVE

About The Author

Sarah Caudwell is the author of Thus Was Adonis Murdered, The Shortest Way to Hades, The Sirens Sang of Murder, and The Sibyl in Her Grave. She studied law at St. Anne's College, Oxford; was called to the Chancery Bar; and practiced as a barrister for several years in Lincoln's Inn. She then became a member of the legal department of a major London bank, where she found herself specializing in international tax planning. She died in 2000.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Miglė on October 08, 2018

Absolutely delightful read. Written in a somehow ornate style, humorous and witty, the book gives an impression of being old-timey, which goes together with wonderfully modern portrayal of characters. There's the narrator - nosy Oxford professor Hilary Tamar, whose gender is never disclosed, who loves......more

Goodreads review by Ivonne on January 07, 2014

Oxford don Hilary Tamar is summoned by former students -- all barristers in offices in Lincoln’s Inn, 63 New Square -- to investigate the case of the drowning death of the woman who stood in the way of her beautiful cousin, Camilla Galloway, saving £3 million on a £5 million estate. Julia, one of Ta......more

Goodreads review by Sid on May 03, 2022

I absolutely loved The Shortest Way To Hades. I thought the first in the series, Thus Was Adonis Murdered, was excellent; this is even better. The book is again narrated by Hilary Tamar, a long-established Oxford Professor of the History Of Law, whose gender we are never told. This time, s/he and his......more

Quotes

Praise for Thus Was Adonis Murdered

“A tour de force . . . a hilarious comedy of manners.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“An absolutely delightful mystery—erudite, witty, believable.”—The Arizona Daily Star

“Witty . . . clever . . . an elaborately plotted, very English and charming story.”—Publishers Weekly

“Caudwell’s light touch and the puzzle she presents make for a diverting tale.”—The Washington Post Book World

“A finely honed, icily witty gem of detective fiction.”—Mystery News

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