Journal Entry 1 by dancing-dog from Cordova, Tennessee USA on Friday, August 20, 2010

from amazon.com:
While on a late-night job in tiny Shakespeare, Ark., Lily Bard, 31, sees a furtive figure placing large plastic garbage bags in the local park and, untying one, discovers the body of her former landlord. In a quick but anonymous phone call (she is determined to avoid any questioning), she reports it to the police chief. With skill and wry wit, Harris, the author of the Aurora Teagarden series, soon reveals the horrific facts in Lily's background that explain why she is solitary, confrontational, obsessed with self-defense—and why she chooses, despite a first-rate education, to eke out a living as a cleaning woman. 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, in the process meticulously evaluating their closets, drawers and motives. The renters are a well-defined lot: a happily promiscuous idler; a sanctimonious and hypocritical reverend; and an aging couple with much to grieve about. 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.

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I'm not sure what I think of Lily, the main character. I like that she is unusual among cozy mystery heroines in that she stays to herself, has quite a few secrets, is not too talkative and is a little unsure about a lot of things. But I don't feel like I know quite enough to decide if I like her or not. In a reverse-psychology kind of way, I will have to read the two other books I have in this series to decide, I guess! The actual mystery part was okay, not terribly gripping or intriguing. 

Journal Entry 2 by dancing-dog at Cordova, Tennessee USA on Saturday, September 11, 2010

Released 1 yr ago (9/11/2010 UTC) at Cordova, Tennessee USA

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going into mississippimom's birthday box for a surprise for a special birthday girl! :=D 

Journal Entry 3 by bookstogive at Springville, Tennessee USA on Saturday, September 25, 2010

I received this fantastic wishlist book in a Birthday Box of books from my Bookcrossing friends from the MidSouth Bookcrossing Group! The Box was filled with 17 books wrapped up for my birthday, I am SO lucky to have such great Bookcrossing friends:) Thanks so much and I am looking foward to reading and then passing this book along. 

Journal Entry 4 by bookstogive at Springville, Tennessee USA on Tuesday, March 01, 2011

A cute little cozy murder mystery, this is the first in the Lily Bard series.

This one will be heading out shortly. 

Journal Entry 5 by bookstogive at Middletown, Connecticut USA on Tuesday, March 01, 2011

Released 1 yr ago (2/28/2011 UTC) at Middletown, Connecticut USA

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Journal Entry 6 by Lizabeth86 at Middletown, Connecticut USA on Monday, March 07, 2011

Arrived today. Thank Bookstogive. I am glad to also see that this is the first in a series. I wasn't sure when I choose it where it fell in order of the series.