num_pages: 320
description: Fleeing from tax-related worries, Julia Larwood indulges in a holiday, unaware that the fellow tourist she falls for is an Inland Revenue employee, who turns up dead in her bed with her copy of the Finance Act nearby. Reprint.
language: English
title: Thus Was Adonis Murdered
titlecomplete: Thus Was Adonis Murdered
characters: Hilary Tamar
genres: Cozy Mystery, British Literature, Mystery, Italy, Fiction, Humor, Detective, 20th Century, Crime, Mystery Thriller
ratings_count: 5360
places: Venice, London, England
series: Hilary Tamar
awards: awardedAt: 347184000000
name: CWA New Blood Dagger
publisher: Robinson