{"product_id":"thus-was-adonis-murdered-9780593598733","title":"Thus Was Adonis Murdered","description":"\u003cb\u003eA young woman accused of murder while on holiday in Venice enlists a friend to come help her--but once they begin unraveling clues, there's no telling what else will come to light. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Sarah Caudwell is one of my very favorite mystery writers.\"--A. J. Finn, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Woman in the Window\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHis was a body to die for . . .\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet to have a vacation away from her home life and the tax man, young barrister Julia Larwood takes a trip to Italy with her art-loving boyfriend. But when her personal copy of the current Finance Act is found a few meters away from a dead body, Julia finds herself caught up in a complex fight against the Inland Revenue. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFortunately, she's able to call on her fellow colleagues who enlist the help of their friend Oxford professor Hilary Tamar. However, all is not what it seems. Could Julia's boyfriend in fact be an employee of the establishment she has been trying to escape from? And how did her romantic luxurious holiday end in murder? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon't miss any of Sarah Caudwell's riveting Hilary Tamar mysteries: \u003cbr\u003eTHUS WAS ADONIS MURDERED - THE SHORTEST WAY TO HADES - THE SIRENS SANG OF MURDER - THE SIBYL IN HER GRAVE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Caudwell\u003c\/b\u003e, the pipe-smoking author of \u003ci\u003eThus Was Adonis Murdered\u003c\/i\u003e and three other novels featuring Oxford Don Hilary Tamar, died in 2000. \"Hilary's voice was in my head before any of the plots,\" Caudwell told writer Martin Edwards in an interview for \u003ci\u003eMystery Scene\u003c\/i\u003e. \"I knew from the outset Hilary must be an Oxford don--but of equivocal sex and even equivocal age, resembling that precise, donnish kind of individual who starts being elderly at the age of twenty-two.\"\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bantam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50615198286098,"sku":"9780593598733","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8e53824c-3e26-4f11-845d-4792f6c44494.jpg?v=1761735976","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/thus-was-adonis-murdered-9780593598733","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}