Thus was Adonis Murdered by Sarah Caudwell

His was a body to die for . . .
Set 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.
Fortunately, 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?