Shakespeare's Landlord (Lily Bard, #1)

by Charlaine Harris

When cleaning lady Lily Bard discovers the dead body of her nosy landlord, her plan of starting a quiet new life may end in her death.

• ISBN10: 0425206866
• ISBN13: 9780425206867
• Publish Date: 1 November 2005 (first published 1 December 1996)
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
• Imprint: Penguin USA
• Format: Paperback (US Mass Market)
• Pages: 214
• Language: English

Reviews

[Linda]

Shakespeare's Landlord is a cozy mystery set in the sleepy town of Shakespeare, with Lily Bard doing almost as much detecting as she did cleaning.

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[Eve1972]

Didn't enjoy it as much as the author's Sookie series, but liked it enough to carry on with reading the rest of the books in the series.

[ibeforem]

Charlaine Harris tends to use heroines that are a little bit dark and gloomy. Lily Bard really isn’t the happy-go-lucky type. She’s a loner, but it’s because something horrible in her past has led to even her closest friends and family not knowing how to interact with her. So she lives by rote and routine — if nobody bothers her, she won’t bother them. Unfortunately, someone has chosen to use her garbage cart to dump her landlord’s body in the park across the street from her house. Lily also isn’t a detective, but she can’t help but be observant. She starts to come out of her shell and actually live her life as the book progresses and the mystery deepens. I think Harris has built an interesting cast of characters here, and I look forward to continuing the series.