About BLOOD ON THE BAYOU: A Cafferty & Quinn Novella
From New York Times bestseller Heather Graham...
It's winter and a chill has settled over New Orleans, binding a stream of blood that leads a tourist to a dead man, face down in the bayou.
The man has been done in by a vicious beating, so violent that his skull has been crashed in.
It's barely a day before a second victim is found . . . once again so badly thrashed that the water runs red. The city becomes riddled with fear.
An old family friend comes to Danni Cafferty, telling her that he's terrified, he's certain that he's received a message from the Blood Bayou killer--It's your turn to pay, blood on the bayou.
The two quickly become involved, and--as they all begin to realize that a gruesome local history is being repeated--they find themselves in a fight to save not just a friend, but, perhaps, their very own lives.
Excerpt
“People in this area all know the legends about the rougarou. Someone out there might be
using the legend. In this day and age, it’s quite possible to fake a monster.”
They both looked at him with huge eyes, seemingly wanting to
trust in him.
“Sound like a plan?” Quinn asked Larue.
The detective nodded. “Let’s move, though. We have to get
out to Honey Swamp. We’re going to help the task force with the investigation.”
Ten minutes later they were at the hotel where the young
women were staying. Quinn inspected the balcony while they gathered their
belongings together. The room sat on the second floor, but the balcony might
have been easily accessed from the street. There was a heavy pipe near enough
for someone to crawl up and gain a grip on one of the wrought iron rails. “How
did someone walk through the French Quarter all dressed up without being noticed?”
“This is New Orleans,” Larue said. “Not far from Bourbon
Street. Think about it, Quinn. Does anyone really notice crazy around here? I mean, there’s a lot of crazy.”
“Something like the rougarou?
A giant man with a wolf’s head?”
“Somebody walked stark naked down Bourbon Street about two
days ago, and it took that long for anyone to report it to the police,” Larue
told him.
“That’s not a rougarou.”
Larue
shrugged. “Okay. I’ll give you that.”
“To put a spin of logic on this, I’d say that it was more
than possible for a man to dress up, then crawl up here to scare Jane and Lana.
It’s also possible that whoever was here had nothing to do with the murder in
the swamp, or maybe someone got wind of the situation and knew that the two
young women had been on the tour and decided to scare them. They’re visitors,
yes, but they know the city and they might have met a young man anxious to
scare them. Then he comes along and offers his presence as protection against
whatever has them frightened.”
Larue did not argue.
“At any
rate,” Quinn said. “Let’s go meet your friends from Pearl River.”
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About Heather Graham
Heather was a founding member of the Florida Romance Writers chapter of RWA and, since 1999, has hosted the Romantic Times Vampire Ball, with all revenues going directly to children’s charity.
She is pleased to have been published in approximately twenty languages, and to have been honored with awards from Waldenbooks. B. Dalton, Georgia Romance Writers, Affaire de Coeur, Romantic Times, and more. She has had books selected for the Doubleday Book Club and the Literary Guild, and has been quoted, interviewed, or featured in such publications as The Nation, Redbook, People, and USA Today and appeared on many newscasts including local television and Entertainment Tonight.
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