About this title: When Lily Bard's landlord is murdered, the police chief thinks it has something to do with his discovering Lily's secret past by pawing through her trash. In order to deflect suspicion from herself, Lily must rout the murderer from among her fellow tenants.
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780425206867ISBN:0425206866
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 214 p. Lily Bard Mysteries. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780425206867ISBN:0425206866
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780425206867ISBN:0425206866
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 214 p. Lily Bard Mysteries. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780425206867ISBN:0425206866
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 214 p. Lily Bard Mysteries. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: DELL BOOKS, New York, NY
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780440224181ISBN:0440224187
Description: Very Good. 4 1/8" x 6 7/8" 0440224187 PAPERBACK Lily Bard's plan of a private, well-ordered life is coming unhinged and the killer of an unlamented landlord is lurking cose by. Light wear at edges, reading creases, lightly rubbed, lilght interior browning. read more
Description: New. 0440224187 Perfect spine-no creases, unread tight copy, has very minor edge/shelf wear on cover, Great Book. ** Satisfaction Guaranteed ** Orders ship same or next business day. read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dell
Date Published: 8/1/1997
ISBN-13:9780440614067ISBN:0440614066
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"Despite how detached and prickly Lily Bard is, I found her more likable than all of the previous Charlaine Harris heroines I'd read. She's smart and tough, but not invulnerable. She has flaws beyond the horrible thing that happened to her, which make me feel like I could know someone just like her without knowing it.
My biggest complaint about the book was the indication that a person's tastes in the bedroom might indicate what kind of person they are. There's a character who likes rough sex, and, apparently, to be the dominant partner. That in and of itself seems to explain a lot of other terrible things the person is capable of. While it's something of a relief to know that Harris is uninterested in exploring kink in her novels, it's disappointing, that she reveals how little she knows about it by falling back on uninformed notions about alternate lifestyles. She'd do well to read a Savage Love column.
Overall, I enjoyed the book very much, except for that one characterization. I've already picked up the next in the series, and plan on blazing through that one just as quickly as I devoured this one. They're a real treat to read."
"From Publishers Weekly While on a late-night job in tiny Shakespeare, Ark., Lily Bard, 31, sees a furtive figure placing large plastic garbage bags in the local park and, untying one, discovers the body of her former landlord. In a quick but anonymous phone call (she is determined to avoid any questioning), she reports it to the police chief. With skill and wry wit, Harris, the author of the Aurora Teagarden series, soon reveals the horrific facts in Lily's background that explain why she is solitary, confrontational, obsessed with self-defense-and why she chooses, despite a first-rate education, to eke out a living as a cleaning woman. Realizing, however, that her fingerprints on the body of the dead man might make her a suspect, Lily subtly and insightfully queries her customers, some of them tenants of the murdered landlord, in the process meticulously evaluating their closets, drawers and motives. The renters are a well-defined lot: a happily promiscuous idler; a sanctimonious and hypocritical reverend; and an aging couple with much to grieve about. As Lily investigates, she develops a wary but cordial relationship with the police chief and forms a warmer tie with her karate instructor. But at the same time, someone has discovered the unspeakable facts about Lily's past and has begun stalking her. Harris's finely tuned, colorful and suspenseful tale, filled with vigorous and unique characters, will leave readers hoping it's the start of a series."
"Harris creates another flawed, yet likable character that must overcome her own issues to function in society. She is smart, strong, and yet lives with both internal and external scars that affect her every day.
Her insomnia-prompted midnight walks and life as a housecleaner makes Lily Bard the perfect woman to see things that others miss- and solve crimes before they kill her through association.
I am ever more impressed with Charlaine Harris's writing. Every book of hers that I have read has been very good- and to find that she has so many series out there- very prolific.
It gives me hope as a writer to see what time and determination has done for her books."
"I was a little unsure about reading this book based on the fact that most of the first books in the author's series are usually slow and difficult to get into. However, I really enjoyed this book and I can't wait to read more of the books in the series.
This book was alot darker then most of the authors other books but the content was very interesting. There are two mysteries happening at the same time. As the reader you are trying to determine what happened in the main characters past, as well as, who is responsible for the town's murder.
I enjoyed the main character, Lily, and what she brings to the story. This character is very brave and handles life the best way she knows how. She has bravely picked herself up and plowed ahead, getting through each day while trying not to be haunted by the events of her past. I also enjoyed Lily's relationship with the Police Chief in this book and how he slowly pushes his way into her life."
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