The Hilary Tamar books are a series of witty first-person mystery novels by Sarah Caudwell, whose eponymous protagonist is probably one of the laziest detectives in literary history. They are: 1. * Thus Was Adonis Murdered (1981) 2. * The Shortest Way To Hades (1985) 3. * The Sirens Sang Of Murder (1989) 4. * The Sybil In Her Grave (2000)