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Go Close Against the Enemy (Nick & Julia Lambros, Bk 2)
Go Close Against the Enemy - Nick & Julia Lambros, Bk 2 Author:Takis Iakovou, Judy Iakovou The Oracle Cafe is facing another problem: an audit from the IRS. As if that weren't frustrating enough, Nick and Julia soon become embroiled in more serious trouble. — A young acquaintance of Julia's comes to the two for help when her life erupts in controversy. April Folsom, barely more than a girl, and her husband, Davon, are grieving ... more »the death of their stillborn son. But this simple tragedy is complicated when the congregation of their small-town church becomes divided over the issue of whether April and Davon can bury their son in the church cemetery, for the congregation is predominantly white, like April, and Davon is black. Nick and Julia, along with their close friend, the genteel and "very" senior citizen Miss Alma Rayburn, attend the funeral and burial, which is where April's real troubles begin.
Deacon Walter Fry, one of the church's leaders, leads a protest at the cemetery, and in front of all the mourners, April threatens Fry with a gun. Three days later Fry is found dead, and April finds herself charged with murder.« less