Diese Serie begleitet eine junge Frau, die entschlossen ist, ihrer dunklen Vergangenheit zu entkommen und eine neue Identität zu schmieden. Während sie sich durch eine Welt voller Gefahren und politischer Intrigen navigiert, muss sie sich auf ihren scharfen Verstand und ihre Widerstandsfähigkeit verlassen, um zu überleben. Es ist eine fesselnde Geschichte über Selbstfindung und Erlösung, angesiedelt vor einem Hintergrund voller Geheimnisse und unerwarteter Wendungen.
Beginn der ersten Putzfrauen-Krimi-Serie! Lily Bard, eine schlagkräftige Freizeitkaratekämpferin und Detektivin wider Willen, räumt im verschlafenen Städtchen Shakespeare auf – sowohl in den Wohnungen der Honoratioren als auch in ihrer eigenen Vergangenheit.
There's something rotten in Shakespeare... — Lily Bard was running from shattering memories when she moved to Shakespeare, Arkansas. Now cleaning houses pays her bills. Working out helps her heal. Still protecting her scars, she hides a hard body and impressive skill at martial arts under baggy sweats. And nobody knows how strong she is until racial violence has her looking behind closed doors for a killer -- doors to which a housecleaner might have the key.When Lily uses her training in goju to help a black man jumped by white teens, she does it for justice...only to hear he's been abducted and beaten to death a few weeks later. Then a bodybuilder is killed at her gym. Both incidents jar Lily's need for security and refuge. Looking into closets, sweeping under rugs, she soon uncovers enough dirt to confirm that something sinister is growing in her adopted town. Getting involved could endanger her life. But Lily is seeing a new man and dreaming new dreams. And no one can make this strong woman run again.
Cleaning lady and karate expert Lily Bard returns home for her sister's Christmas wedding and becomes caught up in an unsolved four-year-old kidnapping when she discovers that her new brother-in-law's daughter bears a striking resemblance to the missing child. Original.
No. 4 in this must-have mystery series from the bestselling author behind TRUE BLOOD.
The fifth Lily Bard novel from the bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series.