Deedra Dean, Shakespeare’s favorite good-time girl, has been murdered. She was left naked and violated in her car in the woods, unfortunately found by poor Lily Bard. Why was Deedra killed? One of her many boytoys? Or was it related to her great-grandfather’s will? Or yet something else?Author Charlaine Harris doesn’t disappoint, and this fourth novel in the series is no exception. I loved the twisty plot and the evolution of Lily’s relationship with detective Jack Leeds. I can’t recommend this ...

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This is the fourth book in the Lily Bard series and while I really enjoyed the first two books, at this point I think the series is starting to run its course. Lily is such a tough and strong female character but unfortunately her cattiness and victim blaming was on display much more in this book than her positive attributes. Lily cleans houses and businesses for a living and she is shocked when she discovers the dead body of one of her clients. It's pretty clear to Lily when she finds Deedra in...

I keep reading the series as there is just something about Lily that I like ; and the way Harris writes characters makes her books so appealing and hard to put down.
It is just that the way the people in this town treat anyone who is different ; and the way they treat women ; is really quite awful and gives me that love/hate feeling about the series. I will finish the last book soon and hope for a bright and shiny ending to Lily's tale :)

I really like Lily! She's feisty and fun and super smart. The fact that she had to run away from something that was done to instead of something done by her just makes her that much more likable. She is so unflinchingly independent that you can't pity her.One of my favorite things about Charlaine Harris' female characters is just how real they are. They work for their living and Harris doesn't let you forget it. Lily is no exception. It's that very work that seems to always put her on the spot,...

I hated this book. This series hasn't been a great series. Interesting enough to keep reading, and I did because I don't like to start series and not finish themThis one infuriated me.Charlaine Harris is a survivor of rape. The lead character, Lily Bard, is a survivor of a brutal gang rape and stabbing. Yet, this character, in this book, engaged in so much much slut shaming and victim blaming.I felt like it was out of character and it disgusted me. There had been a mention in one of the previous...

Alas poor Deedra, we knew her well. This fourth book in the Lily Bard series is Deedra's story in the worst way, as Lily finds her dead and violated in her car at the beginning of the story. Since fans of the series know Deedra, town slut and one of Lily's employers, from the first three books it has an extra poignancy and the depth it adds to the mystery is another reason why I think this series is Charlaine Harris at her best. Lily Bard is a rape survivor with PTSD, making her way in a small s...

"But it was not her weakness that had caused her death; it was one of her strengths that had killed her."Many readers have been turned off by the disparaging inner thoughts from the main character, Lily, about victim's lifestyles and "slut shaming." I've seen from reviews that some wouldn't even continue the series. Now, I wouldn't stop the series over something such as that since I know many books start with a character that needs to grow more into realization and knowledge. This book highlight...

I was so wrong and glad I revisted this book. Thanks for all the commentators who gently advised me to ride the book out. A full review soon.**I am giving this another chance but commentators to my review has said that the comment that bothered me is actually examined further on in the book. Plus I miss Harris at her best.Origianl thoughts:I am not going to rate this because I am only maybe 30 minutes in to listening to this audio. But I can't finish it given the comments by the main protaganist...

I've discovered that one of the things I like about all of Charlaine Harris series is that the characters change, and grow.When we first meet Lily Bard in the first book of the series she is an almost totally isolated victim of a horrific crime. But almost without her noticing it some things have changed. She is no longer running from town to town trying to be invisible. She has created a cleaning business from scratch, even though she calls herself a maid and even though she only has one "emplo...