I read this and forgot to write about it!
Lily’s sister is getting married, so Lily goes back to her home town for the wedding. Of course, there is a big mystery to solve, one that could implicate her soon-to-be brother in law in a kidnapping.
It’s kind of cool to “see” Lily in her hometown, interacting with her family and people who have known her since she was a child.
Here’s another of the Lily Bard series.
As I think I said about the last one, I enjoy these books when I need something light. I had a migraine and, as it wound down, I wanted to read but I didn’t want to have to think too hard. This was perfect.
I think Charlaine Harris is getting better at writing Lily. Her voice is becoming stronger and we’re seeing more depth to her - she is more than just the kidnapping and rape that happened early in her adult life. In this book, we see her develop her relationship with Jack as well as with a couple of her friends.
Okay, so here’s the thing: Lily joins a rape support group. The counselor, it turns out, is being stalked and the book centers around that and the people who are interested. A detective from the counselor’s former city, a true crime writer and, of course, Lily.
The ending sort of surprised me, actually.
This is the 3rd of 4th of a series by Charlaine Harris, who writes the Southern Vampire books that I like.
Lily Bard lives in Shakespeare, AR and seems to always come across dead people. In this case, it’s the “Town Trollop” of the title. Lily gets drawn into the drama unfolding around the death and ultimately finds out who killed her.
It’s light reading, not deep at all, but entertaining.
