Lily Bard

6 primary works • 7 total works

Shakespeare's Landlord

by Charlaine Harris

Published 1 December 1996

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.

Shakespeare's Champion

by Charlaine Harris

Published 31 December 1997

When Lily stumbles upon the well-built corpse of a local body builder-his neck broken by a barbell-the town's underlying racial tension begins to boil over. The white victim was somehow connected to two unsolved murders of black residents of Shakespeare-and a dogged policeman is determined to stop the killing. But it is Lily herself who may have to decide whether to stay and fight for justice, or run away one more time.

Shakespeare's Christmas

by Charlaine Harris

Published 15 October 1998

Lily Bard heads home for the holidays.
Lily heads to her hometown of Bartley for her estranged sister's Christmas Eve wedding. But there is something in the air besides holiday cheer?there's murder. And Lily must work fast to clean up the messy case before her sister promises to love, honor, and obey a killer.

Shakespeare's Trollop

by Charlaine Harris

Published 14 August 2000

Shakespeare, Arkansas is home to endless back roads, historic buildings, colourful residents - and the occasional murder. It is also home to Lily Bard, the local karate expert and cleaning woman, who's got a particular knack for finding skeletons in closets.

But when Deedra Dean - the local woman of ill repute - is found murdered, her lifestyle leaves more than a few suspects. And being familiar with Deedra's dirty laundry could make Lily the next resident of Shakespeare to die . . .

Shakespeare's Counsellor

by Charlaine Harris

Published 1 December 2010

Shakespeare's Counselor

by Charlaine Harris

Published 6 November 2001

Cleaning woman and karate expert Lily Bard is a woman with a complicated past. Trying her best to copy with her terrifying memories, she decides to join a therapy group in her adopted hometown of Shakespeare, Arkansas. As it turns out, the group members' feelings aren't the only things that need sorting out, as they assemble for a session only to find a woman dead, left on display to send a twisted message.

Lily soon finds herself embroiled in the murder and its aftermath. Some of her own terrible secrets have been dredged up, and she may not be able to rest until she can untangle the 'who' and the 'why' of this terrible crime. But can she do so before the killer strikes again - and before her own nightmares send her over the edge?

Charlaine Harris Collection

by Charlaine Harris

Published 17 September 2011