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A lot has happened to Lily Bard, even in the short time readers have known her. While she is still defensive and suspicious of many people, with good reason, she's learning a bit about friendship and trust. In the beginning of Shakespeare's Counselor, lover Jack Leeds has convinced Lily to at least consider attending a support group for women who have survived rapes. This is risky in a small town; Lily values her privacy, but she quickly learns that every woman has a story and deals with some of the same pain she lives with. And she learns, to her surprise, that she can possibly help others. >A horrible murder takes place, and the victim's body is left at the clinic where the survivor's group meets. Lily's working for Jack, doing some basic private eye type jobs - surveillance for insurance matters, for theft, and doing it well. She's still not very tolerant, she won't put up with anything that she sees as hypocrisy and she gets angry very fast. She can't be threatened and she can't be scared into backing down. Add into the mix a couple new police officers with some interesting back stories, some serious personal business and this is a totally satisfying book. It may sound a bit corny, but I feel privileged to be let into Lily's life. She has every reason on earth to mistrust, to hate, to hold back, and the reader knows this. From the first book in this series, I think most of us have cheered every time she takes a risk. She's incredibly tough, swift to judgment, and takes on tough situations that few of us would get near. I suspect most folks who "know" Lily want her life to be easier, and in Shakespeare's Counselor we see some signs that this could be so. She's learning possibly for the first time in ages how to have friends. It's nice to see that Lily might end up happy.
Reviewed by Andi Shechter, November 2001
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