**The road to hell is paved with all sorts of intentions, as Oxford
private investigator Zoë Boehm discovers when a straightforward jewelry
store robbery turns out to be anything but.
**
When Zoë Boehm agrees to track down the gang who knocked over Sweeney's
jewelry shop, she's just hoping to break even in time for tax season.
She certainly doesn't expect to wind up in a coffin. But she's about to
become entangled with a strange collection of characters, starting with
suicidal Tim Whitby, who's dedicating what's left of his life to
protecting the pretty, battered Katrina Blake from her late husband's
sociopathic brothers, Arkle and Trent.
Unfortunately for Zoë, Arkle has a crossbow, Tim has nothing left to
lose, and even Katrina has her secrets. And death, like taxes, can't be
avoided forever.