description: It seemed the perfect way to avoid three million in taxes on a five-million-pound change the Trust arrangement. Everyone in the family agreed to support the heiress, Camilla Galloway, in her court petition - except dreary cousin Deirdre, who suddenly demanded a small fortune for her signature.Then Deirdre has a terrible accident, which is the moment when the London barristers handling the trust - Cantrip, Selena, Ragwort and Julia - decide to summon their Oxford mentor Professor Hilary Tamar to Lincoln's Inn.And when deadly accidents in the family escalate, Hilary is dispatched on the most perilous quest of to find the truth and unmask the killer...
language: English
title: The Shortest Way to Hades
titlecomplete: The Shortest Way to Hades
characters: Hilary Tamar
genres: Cozy Mystery, British Literature, Law, Mystery, Humor, Detective, Greece, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Crime
ratings_count: 4149
series: Hilary Tamar
awards: awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Anthony Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Penguin Books