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Book Review of Shakespeare's Landlord (Lily Bard, Bk 1)

Shakespeare's Landlord (Lily Bard, Bk 1)
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On a late-night in tiny Shakespeare, Lily Bard sees a furtive figure placing large plastic garbage bags in the local park and then goes out to check and discovers the landlord living next door. In a quick but anonymous phone call she reports it to the police chief. Realizing, however, that her fingerprints on the body of the dead man might make her a suspect, Lily subtly and insightfully queries her customers, some of them tenants of the murdered landlord. The renters are a well-defined lot. As Lily investigates, she develops a wary but cordial relationship with the police chief and forms a warmer tie with her karate instructor. But at the same time, someone has discovered the unspeakable facts about Lily's past and has begun stalking her.