Charlaine Harris
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 242 pages Rating: 3.88 | 13652 Users | 527 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Shakespeare's Christmas (Lily Bard Mysteries Book 3) |
| ISBN: | 0440234999 (ISBN13: 9780440234999) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Lily Bard #3 |
| Characters: | Lily Bard, Claude Friedrich, Jack Leeds |
| Setting: | Arkansas(United States) |
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Even in a sleepy Arkansas town, the holidays can be murder.Lily Bard is going home for the holidays. More comfortable in baggy sweats than bridesmaid's frills, Lily isn't thrilled about attending her estranged sister's wedding. She has moved to Shakespeare, Arkansas, to start a new life, cleaning houses for a living, trying to forget the violence that once nearly destroyed her. Now she's heading back to home and hearth--just in time for murder.
The town's doctor and nurse have been bludgeoned to death at the office. And Lily's detective boyfriend suddenly shows up at her parents' door. Jack Leeds is investigating an eight-year-old kidnapping and the trail leads straight to Lily's hometown. It just might have something to do with the murders...and her sister's widowed fiancé. With only three days before the wedding, Lily must work fast to clean up the messy case before her sister commits...marriage!
Details Appertaining To Books Shakespeare's Christmas (Lily Bard #3)
| Title | : | Shakespeare's Christmas (Lily Bard #3) |
| Author | : | Charlaine Harris |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 242 pages |
| Published | : | March 1st 2005 by Dell (first published 1998) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Cozy Mystery. Crime. Holiday. Christmas |
Rating Appertaining To Books Shakespeare's Christmas (Lily Bard #3)
Ratings: 3.88 From 13652 Users | 527 ReviewsArticle Appertaining To Books Shakespeare's Christmas (Lily Bard #3)
The third in the Lily Bard/Shakespeare Mystery series. At last a plot that has some substance to it, a whodunit that though the reason why is fairly obvious the perpetrator is less so.Interesting that the author chose this, the third book in the series, to really explore the aftermath of Lily's assault not just through the eyes of those closest to Lily but also through Lily herself's eyes, though this works ok as a stand alone novel it is because of this that I think the books are probably bestThis was a perfect-for-me holiday read. Murder and mystery as written by Charlaine Harris. Yep, perfect. And it's still good. Above was written 23 Dec 2008. Read it again as a holiday favorite.
Le sigh. I'm tiring of Harris' writing characters who are so severely damaged that they don't make sense anymore. What woman who's been through what Lily Bard has been through would find herself attracted to a physically aggressive man like Jack? And if Jack is the person he's supposed to be - a man who knows what Lily Bard has been through - why is always manhandling her in such a way that she has remind him not to?The premise for this book was better than the previous two, but the disjointed
Another good mystery, although the story got a little convoluted & confusing at a couple of points. May have been my fault for not following all the character names closely enough, but there were a fair few. Lily goes back to her home town, so she knows everyone & seems to meet half of them. This has added depth to Lily's character & I like her more with each page. Very admirable lady. On to the next!
Overall, I would say this series fits into the "meh" category. They have disturbing and dark things happen in the crimes, but they seem to be brushed over a bit. The characters are mediocre, of course with all of the police and detectives being worse at investigating than Lily, the maid. And, the love story doesn't have very many feels. It's like the books are trying to tackle big issues without being willing to get as dark as these issues would really take to be meaningful to the reader. There
Overall, I would say this series fits into the "meh" category. They have disturbing and dark things happen in the crimes, but they seem to be brushed over a bit. The characters are mediocre, of course with all of the police and detectives being worse at investigating than Lily, the maid. And, the love story doesn't have very many feels. It's like the books are trying to tackle big issues without being willing to get as dark as these issues would really take to be meaningful to the reader. There
I didn't enjoy this book as much as the 1st two in the series. In this book Lily leaves Shakespeare to go back to her home town for her sister's wedding. (view spoiler)[ Her boyfriend Jack is also there investigating a case about a missing girl who was taken as a baby. Lily suspects her sister's fiance's daughter is the missing little girl. Turns out she is not, but the little girl's friend, Eve, is actually the missing girl. Her father kidnapped her after he most likely killed his newborn son.
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