Sarah Caudwell is the author of Thus Was Adonis Murdered, The Shortest Way to Hades, The Sirens Sang of Murder, and The Sibyl in Her Grave. She studied law at Oxford's St. Anne's College, was called to the Chancery Bar, and practiced as a barrister for several years in Lincoln's Inn. Caudwell then joined the legal department of a major London bank, where she found herself specializing in international tax planning. Sarah Caudwell died in 2000.