Crescent City Kills [Paperback]

O. Denoux (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1992

When the bodies of two junkie prostitutes wash up on the shore of the river in Algiers, La Stanza defies orders and hits the streets to investigate, using his sexy new partner as bait. Original.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1 pages
• Publisher: Zebra (May 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 082173752X
• ISBN-13: 978-0821737521
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,708,585 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

O'Neil De Noux
brief bio

Born in New Orleans, O'Neil De Noux is a prolific American writer of novels and short stories. Although much of De Noux's fiction falls under the mystery genre (character-drive crime fiction primarily), he has published stories in many disciplines including historical fiction, children's fiction, mainstream fiction, science-fiction, suspense, fantasy, horror, western, literary, religious, romance, humor and erotica.

At the World Mystery Convention in 2007, The Private Eye Writers of America awarded its prestigious Shamus Award for BEST SHORT STORY to "The Heart Has Reasons" by O'Neil De Noux (the cover story of the September 2006 Issue of Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine). The Shamus Award is given annually recognize outstanding achievement in private eye fiction. "The Heart Has Reasons" features De Noux's private eye Lucien Caye. De Noux is also the 2009 Derringer Award winner for BEST NOVELETTE (stories between 8,001 and 17,500 words) for "Too Wise" - another Lucien Caye private eye mystery. The Derringer Awards are given annually by the Short Mystery Fiction Society to recognize excellence in the short mystery fiction form. Another De Noux story, "The Bonnie and Clyde Caper" featuring New Orleans Police Homicide Detective John Raven Beau was runner up in the Derringer Best Long Story category.

In 2009, De Noux tapped his history background to pen a 320,000 word historical epic set during The Battle of New Orleans and received an Artist Services Career Advancement Award for 2009-2010 from the Louisiana Division of the Arts for his work on this upcoming book - BATTLE KISS.

Recognizing the future of publishing, De Noux made a move to eBooks and print-on-demand books in 2010, teaming with other artists in the art co-op Big Kiss Productions. Slick Time, a sexy caper novel, was published by Big Kiss Productions via amazon.com (CreateSpace print-on-demand and KINDLE). New Orleans Nocturnal is a collection of nine crime stories featuring John Raven Beau. Big Kiss Productions released the second edition of New Orleans Confidential, adding the two award-winning private-eye stories, "The Heart Has Reasons" and "Too Wise." Additionally, De Noux began selling previously published and unpublished short stories on Amazon KINDLE directly to the public as eBooks via his web site - http://www.oneildenoux.net

Also in 2010, De Noux's long-awaited erotic-thriller, Mafia Aphrodite, was published by British publisher Xcite Books.

In March 2011, the novel John Raven Beau was published by Big Kiss Productions. A hyper-realistic crime story, John Raven Beau provides an intimate look into the beleaguered NOPD Homicide Division, a story that begins in the French Quarter and ends in a swamp, all within the city limits of America's eternal city, a city that cannot be destroyed - New Orleans. Also in 2011, the short story collection New Orleans Prime Evil (ten historical mysteries) was published.

Bibliography
Novels
* Grim Reaper (Zebra Books, 1988)
* The Big Kiss (Zebra Books, 1990)
* Blue Orleans (Zebra Books, 1991)
* Crescent City Kills (Zebra Books, 1992)
* The Big Show (Pontabla Press, 1998)
* Mafia Aphrodite (Xcite Books, 2010)
* Slick Time (Big Kiss Productions, 2010)
* John Raven Beau (Big Kiss Productions, 2011)
* BATTLE KISS (Big Kiss Productions, 2011)
Short Story Collections
* LaStanza: New Orleans Police Stories (Pontabla Press, 1999)
* Hollow Point & The Mystery of Rochelle Marais (Gryphon Books, 2000)
* New Orleans Irresistible (EAA Signature Series Books, 2006)
* New Orleans Mysteries (Big Kiss Productions, 2009)
* New Orleans Confidential (Big Kiss Productions, 2010)
* New Orleans Nocturnal (Big Kiss Productions, 2010)
* New Orleans Prime Evil (Big Kiss Productions, 2011)
Non-fiction books
* Specific Intent (Pinnacle Books, 1993)
* Building Believable Characters - Contributing Writer (Writer's Digest Books, 1996)
* A Short Guide to Writing and Selling Fiction (Big Kiss Productions, 2010)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Legs to Die For, June 21, 2005

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Charles Gramlich (Metairie,, LA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crescent City Kills (Paperback)

This is the fourth book in a series about a New Orleans homicide detective named Dino LaStanza, who is loosely based on the author, an ex-homicide cop himself. It's also my favorite of the series, although I've bought and read them all. The books are definitely hardboiled, filled with all the warts and scabs of serious police work. I've heard some people criticize the character of LaStanza's girlfriend, Lizette, as being unbelievable. Let me tell you, she's a real person, though not so rich as in the books. There's a rumor that it's her legs that grace the cover. Could be. Could be.

Charles Gramlich
Author of Cold in the Light