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Julia Larwood's Aunt Regina needs help. She and two friends pooled their modest resources and invested in equities. Now the tax man demands his due, but they've already spent the money. How can they dig themselves out of the tax hole? Even more to the point: Can the sin of capital gains trigger corporeal loss? That's one for the sibyl, psychic counselor Isabella del Comino, who has offended Aunt Regina and her friends by moving into the rectory, plowing under a cherished garden, and establishing an aviary of ravens. When Isabella is found dead, all clues point to death by fiscal misadventure. So Julia calls in an old friend and Oxford fellow, Professor Hilary Tamar, to follow a money trail that connects Aunt Regina to what appears to be capital fraud -- and capital crime. The two women couldn't have a better champion than the erudite Hilary, as once again Sarah Caudwell sweeps us into the scene of the crime, leaving us to ponder the greatest mystery of all: Hilary, him -- or her -- self.… (meer)
A brilliant ending to a brilliant series. I've been giving the books 4 stars out of some weird feeling that 5stars requires a "literaryness" but I felt that 5stars was deserved for a series that's been my most enjoyable reading in a long while. I'm just sad there's no more. The book is funny, has great dialogue and character writing, is tense, interesting references which aren't confusing if you don't know them, a well written gay relationship, has a bunch of twists but none which seem forced or completely unexpected - again i don't think you can work out the whole thing before the end but you can do a good job i think and there's some clever misdirection. The ending wraps this up nicely. A great, great book that I highly recommend if you enjoy mysteries, and the rest of the series too. ( )
The final novel in the Hilary Tamar series takes place, once again, largely through letters - in this case, to Julia from her aunt Regina, who is living in a small village in Sussex. It seems that Regina and two of her friends have done very well financially by heeding tips to invest in specific companies at specific times; they are extremely pleased with their returns, and quickly spend the extra money on luxuries they can’t resist. Until, of course, they learn of a little thing called the capital gains tax. Could Julia, perhaps, help them handle this financial crisis? In the meantime, a relative newcomer to their village has had the effect of turning everything upside-down socially, and perhaps that newcomer’s death wasn’t quite as natural as it seemed…. I will miss the voices in these novels, particularly that of our narrator, Professor Hilary Tamar, who is mysterious about personal matters but quite eager to share opinions about the personal lives of others. Our intrepid barristers seem to dive headlong from one crisis to another, ranging from renovation work in their Chambers that seems never to be finished to dashing as speedily as London traffic on a Friday afternoon will allow them in order to prevent, well, something bad from happening in Parsons Haver. Again, reading all four books in order is the best way to approach these tales, although reading any one of them should provide the reader with a goodly number of laughs; recommended! ( )
Somewhat odd mystery in which it is not really clear who is murdered, or by whom. Nice cozy mystery atmosphere. Partly told in form of very chatty letters.
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
To Anne, who stands between me and chaos
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
FOR CERTAIN OF MY academic colleagues - I resist the temptation to refer in this context to the Bursar - the chief purpose of publication appears to be self-advertisement.
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
I do not attempt, however, to read the future in them.
Julia Larwood's Aunt Regina needs help. She and two friends pooled their modest resources and invested in equities. Now the tax man demands his due, but they've already spent the money. How can they dig themselves out of the tax hole? Even more to the point: Can the sin of capital gains trigger corporeal loss? That's one for the sibyl, psychic counselor Isabella del Comino, who has offended Aunt Regina and her friends by moving into the rectory, plowing under a cherished garden, and establishing an aviary of ravens. When Isabella is found dead, all clues point to death by fiscal misadventure. So Julia calls in an old friend and Oxford fellow, Professor Hilary Tamar, to follow a money trail that connects Aunt Regina to what appears to be capital fraud -- and capital crime. The two women couldn't have a better champion than the erudite Hilary, as once again Sarah Caudwell sweeps us into the scene of the crime, leaving us to ponder the greatest mystery of all: Hilary, him -- or her -- self.
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