Shakespeare's Christmas (Berkley Prime Crime Mysteries) | 
| Autor: Charlaine Harris
Urheber: Charlaine Harris
Verleger: Berkley Books
Kaufen Neu: EUR 3,40
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Bewertung:  7 Rezensionen
Verkaufsrang: 99900
Medium: Taschenbuch
Ausgabe: Reprint
Seiten: 224
Versandgewicht: 0.3
Maße (innen): 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 042522497X
Dewey Dezimalzahl: 813.54
EAN: 9780425224977
Publikation: November 4, 2008
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Versand: Internationaler Versand möglich
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 Hochzeiten und andere Katastrophen März 24, 2007
Sabrina (Berlin)
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Der dritte Teil der Lily-Bard-Reihe spielt ueberwiegend in Bartley, nicht in Shakespeare, denn, wie bereits im letzten Band angedeutet, faehrt Lily kurz vor Weihnachten in ihre Geburtsstadt, wo ihre Schwester heiratet. Lily hat seit Jahren weder zu ihrer Schwester noch zu ihren Eltern ein gutes Verhaeltnis und macht sich daher mit gemischten Gefuehlen auf den Weg. Sie ist sehr erleichtert, als auf einmal ihr Freund Jack in der Stadt auftaucht, doch Jack ist nicht nur ihretwegen dort. Der Privatdetektiv ist auf der Suche nach einem seit Jahren vermissten Kind und neue Hinweise deuten darauf hin, dass es sich dabei moeglicherweise um die Tochter des Braeutigams handeln koennte. Fest entschlossen, die Sache noch vor der Hochzeit aus der Welt zu schaffen, macht Lily sich gemeinsam mit Jack auf die Suche nach der Wahrheit.
Es ist interessant, Lily einmal in einem anderen Umfeld zu beobachten, man erfaehrt viel ueber ihre Kindheit und Jugend, und auch darueber, was sie aufgegeben hat, als sie beschloss, alle Bruecken abzubrechen und in Shakespeare neu anzufangen. Jack gibt ihr Kraft dabei, sich ihrer Vergangenheit wieder anzunaehern und man kann nur hoffen, dass die Autorin ihr diese Unterstuetzung noch moeglichst lange goennt.
 The heroine's personal life overshadows the mystery. Juli 16, 2000
Sharon Wylie (San Diego, CA USA)
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This series features Lily Bard, an emotionally and physically scarred cleaning lady with a penchant for solving mysteries. (She lives in a town called Shakespeare-- Shakespeare/ Bard...get it?) As a rape survivor, Lily is a loner with little patience for the everyday human interactions that most people thrive on, and cleaning is part of her refuge (as well as her livelihood).Sound dark? It is. Up to this point in the series, Lily's past has been part of her characterization, part of what makes her interesting and different. In this, the third entry in the Shakespeare series, Lily's past dominates the story as she comes home for her sister's wedding. The neighbors and loved ones she left behind look at her and think "rape victim," not "Lily," and she cannot stand their pity. Add to this drama a visit from Lily's intense boyfriend (with whom the sex is so steamy the two can barely keep their hands off each other), and the mystery plot is simply incidental. One of three little girls was kidnapped as an infant from her true parents, and solving the mystery is more a process of elimination than an exercise in sleuthing. This is not a stand-alone mystery; readers should start with the first two in the series, then read this one to understand the development of the character. Though it was nice to meet Lily's family and explore some of her past, I look forward to seeing Lily return to Shakespeare for the next book.
A great cozy with a dark edge! Februar 7, 2000
Maria Y. Lima (Alexandria, VA United States)
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Once again, the complex world of Lily Bard shows that, although you can go home again, you'd better watch out what happens once you get there. This powerful third novel in the Lily Bard saga explores more of Lily's past, as well as her relationships with her family - most of whom would rather forget what happened to her. Charlaine Harris continues to entertain and enthrall us while weaving a great story. I can't wait for the 4th installment of this most excellent series.
Good story but the writing was pretty awful. September 30, 1999
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The story of Lilly Bard visiting her family for her sister's wedding and helping solve a mystery with her detective boyfriend was pretty good. Not having read any of the previous titles in this series, it was hard to decipher some of the references to things that had gone on before (where exactly are those scars, and how were they inflicted??). My main beef with this book is that the writing is full of nonsequiturs, very choppy, and generally in need of a good editor. It was hard for me to continue reading sometimes because I was thinking how some of the sentences and even paragraphs could have been reconstructed to read more smoothly and make more sense. Am I the only reader who feels this way? Sorry, Charlaine, but St. Martin's Press should assign you a good editor in the future.
A Darker Side Of Cozy April 5, 1999
abnaki@concentric.net (Portland, Oregon)
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I really enjoyed this third chapter in the life of Lily Bard, a cleaning woman with a bent for cleaning up murder mysteries. I find the characters so life-like and believable that I can't wait for the fourth in this series. This time out we learn more about Lily's family and get some insight into what helped form Lily into the person that she is. I really enjoyed meeting her mom and dad and sister-about to be married-Varena. The mysterious Jack Leeds is back again and involved with Lily and the kidnapping investigation. This is a cozy on the darkish side but I think cozy readers will enjoy it as much as I did.
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