Title: Death du jour
First published: 1999
Description: "Assaulted by the bitter cold of a Montreal winter, the American-born Dr. Temperance Brennan, Forensic Anthropologist for the Province of Quebec, digs for a corpse where Sister Elisabeth Nicolet, dead for over a century and now a candidate for sainthood, should be lying in her grave. A strange, small coffin, buried in the recesses of a decaying church, holds the first clue to the cloistered nun's fate."--BOOK JACKET.

"The puzzle surrounding Sister Elisabeth Nicolet's life and death provides a welcome contrast to discoveries at a burning chalet, where scorched and twisted bodies await Tempe's professional expertise. Who were these people? What brought them to this gruesome fate? And where are the children?"--BOOK JACKET.

"Homicide Detective Andrew Ryan, with whom Tempe has a combustive history, joins her in the arson investigation. From the fire scene they are drawn into the worlds of an enigmatic and controversial sociologist, a mysterious commune, and a primate colony on a Carolina island. Tempe is overwhelmed by the case, confused by her mounting attraction to Ryan, and plagued by worries about her sister Harry's search for spiritual awakening."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Forensic anthropology, Temperance Brennan (Fictitious character), Medical examiners (Law), Arson investigation, Women forensic anthropologists, Fiction, Women anthropologists, Large type books, Forensic sciences, Women detectives, Fictio, Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths, Montreal (quebec), fiction, Brennan, temperance (fictitious character), fiction, Forensic pathologists, fiction, Fiction, suspense, North carolina, fiction, Fiction, thrillers, suspense, South carolina, fiction
Places: Montréal (Québec), North Carolina