Sarah Caudwell Books in Order

Barrister Julia Larwood's holiday in Venice turns disastrous when she is implicated in a murder. Her legal colleagues enlist Oxford scholar Hilary Tamar, whose investigation must untangle romantic complications and the evidence surrounding the dead man.

An inheritance arrangement promises to reduce a family's tax bill until one cousin demands payment for her cooperation. After a suspicious death, Hilary Tamar and a group of young barristers examine the increasingly dangerous dispute.

Michael Cantrip travels to the Channel Islands for a lucrative tax case involving a missing heir. When members of the legal team begin dying, Oxford scholar Hilary Tamar must investigate before Cantrip becomes another victim.

Julia Larwood's aunt faces an unexpected tax bill after successful investments, while a disruptive psychic counselor is found dead. Hilary Tamar follows connections between financial dealings, village grievances, and a possible pattern of fraud and murder.