I don't have much time today (I have to go pay my taxes, and something tells me that will involve waiting in a long, boring line), so I'm just posting a quick Tax Day book rec:


Before her death in 2000, Sarah Caudwell wrote four weird and witty mysteries featuring Professor Hilary Tamar, mentor to a group of British tax barristers. In addition to these books' basic awesomeness, they also feature cover art by the late, great Edward Gorey. They're a little hard to find, but they're fine books to read while you're queued up at the post office.

Labels: mysteries, Sarah Caudwell, Taxes