The road to hell is paved with all sorts of intentions, as Oxford private investigator Zoë Boehm discovers when a straightforward jewellery store robbery turns out to be anything but When Zoë Boehm agrees to track down the gang who knocked over Sweeney´s jewellery 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.