by Charlaine Harris
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Shakespeare, Arkansas, is home to endless back roads, historic buildings, colorful residents--and the occasional murder. It is also home to Lily Bard, the local karate expert/cleaning woman with a particular knack for finding skeletons in closets.
But when the local woman of ill repute is found murdered, being familiar with her dirty laundry could make Lily the next Shakespearean to die.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
 Easy is an adjective used to describe a woman who has the sexual morals of a man. -Nancy Linn-Desmond, 2008-03-08
Lily Bard cleans the homes of some local residents in her Shakespeare, Arkansas town. Part of her success as a house cleaner is the fact that she keeps to herself and doesn't interfere with the private goings on she may be privy to cleaning private residences.
When the town trollop and one of Lily's clients, Deedra, is found murdered in her car on a remote road, the town of Shakespeare is once again turned upside down. With so many men that had been in and out of Deedra's bed, the list of suspects is lengthy. And for some reason Lily can't get this murder out of her head, no matter how hard she tries.
I was bothered a little by the insensitivity Lily shows towards the death of this woman. Yes she was 'easy', to put it nicely, but she didn't deserve her death and I thought Lily could have shown a tad more compassion for the woman.
I can honestly say the ending took me by complete and total surprise. I had an idea, a hunch, towards the end, but the way the mystery played out... while my suspect was correct, the reason behind it was a total fricken shock.
I was feeling a little under the weather today so I grabbed this book, curled up on the sofa with my favorite afghan and a couple hours later, here I am. I was so completely absorbed and engrossed in this book that the day just kind of slipped by me. Charlaine Harris in a very short time has cemented herself as a favorite author in my life and an automatic buy. I have yet to be disappointed by one of her books; instead with each book I am newly delighted.
Shakespeare's Landlord
Shakespeare's Champion (The Second Lily Bard Mystery)
Shakespeare's Christmas (Lily Bard Mysteries, Book 3)
Cherise Everhard, March 2008
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Lots of fun!, 2006-12-10
Oops, this is the first Lily Bard mystery I have read and I realized when I was almost half-way through it (it's a quick read!) that I really should have waited until I had them all. Oh, well - I'm sure that will be easy enough to correct, and definitely pleasurable to have a new batch of Charlaine Harris books to enjoy. Wonderful mystery, great characters and I can't wait to learn more about them.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Lily Bard Series, 2006-03-01
I just found this series (2006) and I love it.The stories are very real.
The only problem I had with the series, is book 2 is out of print.I did mange to get a copy from the libary, but it took two weeks for them to find it! Ebay had a copy for $99.00. Didn't want to read it that bad.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
 Its Killing Time in Shakespeare Again...(3 1 /2 stars), 2005-06-25
Poor Deedra Dean is Shakespeares latest victim in this 4th Lily Bard. And who better to find the body than Miss Lily herself?
Shakespeares Trollop was an entertaining read, but compared to the previous books in this series,I thought ST was a little predictable and not as gripping, but it did have some rather juicy moments such as a riveting little tidbit involving Bobo. I just love Bobo. I know hes just a college boy ,but wowee what a cutie. Anyways, back to the story...a quick enjoyable read, but nothing that got me wild. I of course plan on finishing the series, but for now, I think Im going to take a break from Shakespeare.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 This series looks very promising!, 2005-04-27
I was unable to obtain the previous three copies of the Lily Bard series and had to settle with starting with Shakespeare's Trollop. I don't like to read series books out of order, but I love Charlaine Harris's Sookie Stackhouse series and wanted to give one of her mystery books a whirl. Shakespeare's Trollop was a fun, engrossing novel that kept me guessing until its final pages. Lily Bard is a thirty-something cleaning lady and karate expert who has discovered the dead body of a woman whose reputation was not the greatest one in Shakespeare, Arkansas. The townspeople are disturbed, albeit unsurprised about Deedra's awful demise. Lily has to find the man who raped and killed one of her employers. She hadn't anticipated opening an unexpected can of worms...
The mystery was well done and nicely presented. Charlaine Harris kept me guessing. I liked the southern town backdrop of the story. Harris has brought out the same southern charm she had done with the Sookie Stackhouse book. I only regret not having gotten reacquainted with the colorful characters with the earlier books. It seems that there has been a lot of history between Lily and various characters in the series. I hope to be able to read the first three parts at some stage in the future. Lily is a great character. I like the whole reluctant sleuth thing. She is someone I want to read more of. The overall story was well executed despite its shortness (only 194 pages). All in all, I enjoyed Shakespeare's Trollop and I only hope to be able to read all of the books so that I could get a better feel of this promising mystery series.
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