Shakespeare's Trollop (Lily Bard, Book 4)
by Charlaine Harris
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Author: Charlaine HarrisEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-05-04
ISBN: 0425196992
Number of pages: 194
Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime
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- ISBN13: 9780425196991
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Book Reviews of Shakespeare's Trollop (Lily Bard, Book 4)
Book Review: A Foolish Death
Summary: 5 Stars
Shakespeare's Trollop (2000) is the fourth mystery novel in the Lily Bard series, following Shakespeare's Christmas. In the previous novel, Lily knocked down the killer, but he landed on top. Then he knocked her out with a manger. When she awoke only minutes later, the killer was upstairs. Then the police and Jack arrived.
In this novel, Lily Bard cleans houses and does other housekeeping chores for her clients. She has lived in Shakespeare for about four years. She has also been involved in three criminal investigations.
Jack Leeds is a private investigator in Little Rock. He has been dating Lily for the past few months.
Marta Schuster is the county sheriff. When her father died, she had been appointed to fill the rest of his term. Unlike her small, banty father, Marta is a tall -- but tough -- woman who has done a good job as the temporary sheriff.
Marlon Schuster is the brother of Marta. He is also the last lover of Deedra.
Becca Whitley is the niece of Pardon Albee and had inherited the Shakespeare Garden Apartments after his death. She lives in Pardon's old apartment and manages the place. She is now the highest ranking student in the karate class at the Body Time gym.
Carrie Thrush is Lily's doctor and a client of her cleaning services. She is struggling to repay her school loans. Lately she has been dating Claude Friedrich, the Shakespeare Chief of Police.
Joseph Christopher Prader is a mean old man. He lives in the only remaining home on a commercial street. Joe C. is an ardent smoker and uses the habit to irritate people.
Bobo Winthrop is the eldest child of Howard and Beatrice. He is also a grandchild of Joe. He has moved back to Shakespeare and is back at the University of Arkansas. He still has a crush on Lily.
In this story, Lily discovers the corpse of Deedra Dean on a country lane. Deedra is naked and sitting behind the steering wheel of her car. Her clothing is scattered around the car, but her purse is gone.
The body is just outside the city limits, so the 911 dispatcher sends the call to the the county sheriff's office. Marta is the first to arrive the scene, but another deputy is just behind her. Others come shortly after that.
Then Marlon drives up. He is very distraught and heads for the body. A deputy grabs him to keep the crime scene unspoiled. Then Marlon tries to take a swing at Marta and Lily knocks the wind out of him.
Lily tells the Sheriff almost everything she knows about the murder, which is not very much. She does lie about whether she has seen any of Deedra's lovers. Since Deedra had been one of her clients, she has a key to the apartment.
After relinquishing the key, Lily goes off to finish her next job. Jack calls while she is cleaning a house and says that he will be taking a plane to Sacramento. He is looking for a runaway boy.
Then Lily goes to meet the sheriff at Deedra's apartment. She runs into Becca in the hallway and they briefly discuss the murder. Then Becca says that she will see Lily at karate practice and Lily goes upstairs to Deedra's apartment.
The sheriff wants Lily to see if anything is missing in the apartment. Everything seems to be in its place. Later Lily discovers that a TV Guide is gone.
Lily goes over to clean Joe Prader's house. There she learns that Deedra was another grandchild of the old man. Later Bobo tells her the contents of Joe's will.
Then Lily is asked to witness the marriage of Carrie and Clause. They don't want a large church wedding, so Carrie and Claude are married in a civil ceremony at the courthouse. They have a very short honeymoon after the wedding, but will take a longer one later.
This tale takes Lily back to Deedra's apartment several times. The victim's mother hires Lily to pack up the clothing and other portable items to give to charities. She does offer Lily her choice of clothes, but Lily only takes a couple of coats.
Lily can't help thinking about the murder during her daily activities. As she has told the Sheriff, there are a lot of suspects. Deedra has had sex with most of the single and divorced men in the town, although she seemed unwilling to bed married men.
This story has a very surprising ending. The next installment in this series is Shakespeare's Counselor. Read and enjoy!
Highly recommended for Harris fans and for anyone else who enjoys tales of first degree homicide, small Southern towns, and tough women. For anyone not familiar with this series, the initial volume is Shakespeare's Landlord.
-Bill Jordin
Summary of Shakespeare's Trollop (Lily Bard, Book 4)
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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