Lily Bard is a cleaning woman with a tragic past and shes chosen to get away from the spotlight by settling in Shakespeare Arkansas. Ive read quite a few books by Harris so far and while this isnt a favorite series yet its still nice to see what her non fantasy paranormal style is like with a. Lily Bard Mysteries Book 2. 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. Shakespeares Champion is the second book in the Lily Bard series but can be read as stand alone if you should be so lucky to find this book first. Lily keeps to herself between her job as a cleaning woman for several townspeople and her visits to the gym. Shakespeares Champion Lily Bard 2 When Lily stumbles upon the well-built corpse of a local body builder-his neck broken by a barbell-the towns underlying racial tension begins to boil over. This book finds Lily still cleaning away and uncovering more secrets about the residents of Shakespeare than she ever really wanted to know. Use this thread to discuss the Lily Bard Shakespeare series by Charlaine Harris. Lily inspires me to soldier on and get on with the task at hand and stop whining. Shakespeares Champion Lily Bard 2 by Charlaine Harris is shaping up to be a pretty good mystery series so far. Martins Press 1997 ISBN-10. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device PC phones or tablets. The Official Site of the 1 New York Times Best-Selling Author. Shakespeare Arkansas is a small Southern town with plenty of secrets and Charlaine Harriss Lily Bard fresh from her acclaimed debut in Shakespeares Landlord is just one more of its residentsalbeit one harboring a few secrets of her ownwith a desire to live quietly. From the Anthony Award-winning author of the immensely popular Sookie Stackhouse mysteries comes the first book starring Lily Bard a reclusive cleaning lady with a penchant for karate. Home Books By Series Lily Bard Shakespeare Series. Shakespeare Arkansas is a small Southern town with plenty of secrets and Charlaine Harriss Lily Bard fresh from her acclaimed debut in Shakespeares Landlord is just one more of its residentsalbeit one harboring a few secrets of her ownwith a desire to live quietly. No steel magnolia Lily Bart is one blunt tough Southern woman--a tiny karate-chopping bodybuilding dynamo whos come to Shakespeare Arkansas to restart her life after a series of traumatic events just hinted at in this second novel in Charlaine Harriss series after Shakespeares Landlord. When she slips into her gym for an early morning workout and finds Del Packard with a barbell across his throat.