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The Shortest Way to Hades (Scholastic Biography)

by Sarah Caudwell

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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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ISBN:
9780440212331
Author:
Caudwell, Sara
Author:
Caudwell, Sarah L.
Publisher:
Dell
Location:
New York, N.Y. :
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
England
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - General
Subject:
Detective and mystery stories
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths
Subject:
Mystery & detective
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - Traditional British
Subject:
Inheritance and succession
Subject:
Women teachers
Subject:
Tamar, hilary (fictitious character)
Subject:
Mystery fiction
Subject:
Oxford (england)
Subject:
General Fiction
Copyright:
c198
Edition Description:
Mass market paperback
Series:
Scholastic Biography
Series Volume:
8I
Publication Date:
19951105
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
320
Dimensions:
6.89x4.20x.89 in. .33 lbs.
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