
Cold Day In July
Description for COLD DAY IN JULY by Stella Cameron: Toussaint, Louisiana, is a sleepy bayou town where live oaks stretch over roadways, men raise crawfish the way their granddaddies did, and Spanish moss hangs in ribbons above the swamps and dirt roads, keeping everything shaded from the hot July sun. It's a place where people are used to feeling safe--until the body of singer Bonnie Blue is found at the base of St. Cecil's belfry stairs, her eyes searching, her neck broken.Local medical examiner Reb O'Brien has lived in Toussaint all her life, but she doesn't believe the gossip--that Bonnie's death was an accident, an unfortunate fall in the dark. She remembers all too clearly the rape/murders of two other women a year earlier. The killer was caught and placed behind bars. But now, what happened to Bonnie raises chilling questions about a case thought long closed.Marc Girard doesn't believe in accidents. What he does believe is that the dead woman may be his missing sister, Amy, a los