Young barrsiter Michael Cantrip has skipped of tothe Channel Islands to take on a tax-law casethat's worth a fortune -- if Cantrip's tax-planningcronies can locate the missing heir. But Cantriphas waded in way over his head. Strange things arehappening on these mysterious, isolated isles.Something is going bump in the night -- and bumpingoff members of the legal team, one by one. SoonCantrip is telexing the gang at the home office forhelp. And it's up to amateur investigator HilarayTamar (Oxford don turned supersleuth) to getCantrip back to safety of his chambers -- alive!From the Paperback edition.