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This is New Orleans - 1984. The search is on for a heinous criminal. A rapist on early release from prison tracks down his victim and attacks her again. The New Orleans Police Department goes into a frenzy trying to find this man who shoots one of his cop pursuers and keeps running. NOPD Homicide Detectives Dino LaStanza and Jodie Kintyre set up a stakeout on a family member of the criminal and wait with their handcuffs and .357 magnums. LaStanza, a Sicilian-American living-example of the Wyatt Earp Syndrome - cops who kill criminals rather than apprehend them - has loaded his weapon with semi-jacketed hollow point rounds against regulations and waits patiently. Like a leopard.
The exploits of NOPD Detective LaStanza can be found in the short story collection LaSTANZA: NEW ORLEANS POLICE STORIES and in the eight novels in the ongoing LaStanza series: GRIM REAPER, THE BIG KISS, BLUE ORLEANS, CRESCENT CITY KILLS, THE BIG SHOW, NEW ORLEANS HOMICIDE, THE BLUE NUDE and THE LONG COLD.
Born in New Orleans, O'Neil De Noux writes character-driven crime fiction, although he has been published in many disciplines including historical fiction, mainstream fiction, science-fiction, suspense, fantasy, horror, western, literary, children's fiction, young adult, religious, romance, humor and erotica.
His fiction has garnered several awards: the SHAMUS AWARD for Best Short Story, the DERRINGER AWARD for Best Novelette and the 2011 POLICE BOOK OF THE YEAR. Recurring characters in his work include New Orleans Police Detectives Dino LaStanza (1980s), Jacques Dugas (1890s), John Raven Beau (21st Century) and as well as Private Eye Lucien Caye (1940-50s). De Noux served as Vice-President of the Private Eye Writers of America in 2013.
Historical novels include BATTLE KISS, an epic set at the Battle of New Orleans, as well as USS RELENTLESS, a nautical saga of a US Naval officer during the Barbary War of 1803 through the War of 1812, and DEATH ANGELS, a novel of World War II.
Other non-series novels include MISTIK (young adult), BOURBON STREET (crime suspense), SLICK TIME (caper), MAFIA APHRODITE (erotica). Collections include NEW ORLEANS MYSTERIES, NEW ORLEANS IRRESISTIBLE, NEW ORLEANS NOCTURNAL (police procedural stories), NEW ORLEANS CONFIDENTIAL (1940's private eye stories) and BACKWASH OF THE MILKY WAY (science fiction).
His web site is www.oneildenoux.net.
Genre: Mystery
The exploits of NOPD Detective LaStanza can be found in the short story collection LaSTANZA: NEW ORLEANS POLICE STORIES and in the eight novels in the ongoing LaStanza series: GRIM REAPER, THE BIG KISS, BLUE ORLEANS, CRESCENT CITY KILLS, THE BIG SHOW, NEW ORLEANS HOMICIDE, THE BLUE NUDE and THE LONG COLD.
Born in New Orleans, O'Neil De Noux writes character-driven crime fiction, although he has been published in many disciplines including historical fiction, mainstream fiction, science-fiction, suspense, fantasy, horror, western, literary, children's fiction, young adult, religious, romance, humor and erotica.
His fiction has garnered several awards: the SHAMUS AWARD for Best Short Story, the DERRINGER AWARD for Best Novelette and the 2011 POLICE BOOK OF THE YEAR. Recurring characters in his work include New Orleans Police Detectives Dino LaStanza (1980s), Jacques Dugas (1890s), John Raven Beau (21st Century) and as well as Private Eye Lucien Caye (1940-50s). De Noux served as Vice-President of the Private Eye Writers of America in 2013.
Historical novels include BATTLE KISS, an epic set at the Battle of New Orleans, as well as USS RELENTLESS, a nautical saga of a US Naval officer during the Barbary War of 1803 through the War of 1812, and DEATH ANGELS, a novel of World War II.
Other non-series novels include MISTIK (young adult), BOURBON STREET (crime suspense), SLICK TIME (caper), MAFIA APHRODITE (erotica). Collections include NEW ORLEANS MYSTERIES, NEW ORLEANS IRRESISTIBLE, NEW ORLEANS NOCTURNAL (police procedural stories), NEW ORLEANS CONFIDENTIAL (1940's private eye stories) and BACKWASH OF THE MILKY WAY (science fiction).
His web site is www.oneildenoux.net.
Genre: Mystery
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