 Popsugar Reading Challenge category: A book published in 2000.
The Sibyl in Her Grave, by Sarah Caudwell. This is from Caudwell's Hilary Tamar comedy-mystery series. As with the other 3 books, set in the era before cell phones, much of the action is communicated by letter. The erudite Professor Tamar (whose gender is never revealed) is ably assisted by four young solicitors: brilliant Serena, ditzy Julia, saintly Ragwort and goofy Cantrip. Julia's aunt Regina gets involved in some British smalltown drama. The vicar is, ahem, "close friends" with an attractive young man. There's also a fortune teller with a wealthy secret client. In London, Selena is advising a bank president who suspects one of his underlings of leaking confidential information. Could the city and country plots be related? The fortune teller is found dead of natural causes....or was it? I found the resolution a bit less satisfying than the other books in this series, but there was definitely a twist I didn't see coming. My favorite of the Hilary Tamar books remains The Shortest Way to Hades.
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