Nude in Red - Paperback

by O'Neil De Noux (Author)

NUDE IN RED Saturday - off-duty NOPD Homicide Detective John Raven Beau spots a long, tall brunette in a short black dress crossing a street just as a bank robber rushes out of a bank. Beau catches the robber and Miss Long-legs-in-a-black dress is there with a Glock in hand. She's a private eye and cousin of an old friend who warns Beau - she's a maneater. Beau can't resist the temptation. Jessie Carini is irresistible and finds Beau hard to resist as well. Monday - the new superintendent of police has a surprise for Beau, promoting him to Chief Inspector of the new Critical Investigations Unit (CIU) and assigns a murder case with a secret attached. Beau chooses his new partner, Juanita Cruz, and the two tackle a case involving high priced call girls, The Mafia, a Romanian organized crime syndicate and more victims. The four recurring characters in O'Neil De Noux fiction are all set in New Orleans - Jacques Dugas (NOPD Detective working in the 1890s and early 1900s; Lucien Caye (Private Eye working in the 1940s); Dino LaStanza (NOPD Homicide Detective working in the 1970s, now a Private Eye); John Raven Beau (NOPD Homicide Detective working today). De Noux's writing has received a number of awards including the prestigious SHAMUS AWARD for BEST SHORT STORY for "The Heart Has Reasons." The SHAMUS is given annually to recognize outstanding achievement in private eye fiction. De Noux is also the 2009 DERRINGER AWARD winner for BEST NOVELETTE for "Too Wise." The Derringer Awards are given annually to recognize excellence in the short mystery fiction form. In June 2012, De Noux's novel JOHN RAVEN BEAU was named 2011 POLICE BOOK OF THE YEAR by Police-Writers.com, a group that boasts of 1153 state and local law enforcement officials from 485 state and local law enforcement agencies who have written 2504 police books. 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. A second Beau novel was released in 2013 - CITY OF SECRETS. Books by O'Neil De Noux (all available as eBooks and trade paperbacks). Go to www.oneildenoux.net for links. Novels Battle Kiss Bourbon Street Mafia Aphrodite Mistik Slick Time USS Relentless The French Detective LaStanza Series Novels 1. Grim Reaper 2. The Big Kiss 3. Blue Orleans 4. Crescent City Kills 5. The Big Show 6. New Orleans Homicide 7. The Blue Nude Beau Series Novels 1. John Raven Beau 2. City of Secrets 3. Nude in Red Caye Series Novels 1. New Orleans Rapacious 2. Enamored Short Story Collections LaStanza: New Orleans Police Stories New Orleans Confidential New Orleans Prime Evil New Orleans Nocturnal New Orleans Mysteries New Orleans Irresistible Hollow Point & The Mystery of Rochelle Marais Backwash of the Milky Way Screenplay Waiting for Alaina Non-Fiction A Short Guide to Writing and Selling Fiction Specific Intent

Author Biography

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 children's fiction, mainstream fiction, science-fiction, suspense, fantasy, horror, western, literary, religious, romance, humor and erotica. 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 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 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. His recurring characters include New Orleans Police Detectives Dino LaStanza (1980s - 21st Century), Jacques Dugas (1890s), John Raven Beau (21st Century) and as well as Private Eye Lucien Caye (post WWII). De Noux joined other artists in the art co-op Big Kiss Productions to release SLICK TIME a sexy caper novel, NEW ORLEANS NOCTURNAL is a collection of nine crime stories featuring John Raven Beau. In March 2011, the novel JOHN RAVEN BEAU was named 2011 POLICE BOOK OF THE YEAR by Police-Writers.com, a group that boasts of 1153 state and local law enforcement officials from 485 state and local law enforcement agencies who have written 2504 police books. In 2012, De Noux published BATTLE KISS a 320,000 word epic of love and war set against the panorama of the Battle of New Orleans, January 8, 1815. So timely is the book, released as the bicentennial of the War of 1812 arrives, Mr. De Noux received an Artist Services Career Advancement Award from the Louisiana Division of the Arts for his work on BATTLE KISS. The second John Raven Beau novel, CITY OF SECRETS was released in April 2013. Set two months after the great storm, this is a gritty story of survival as crime returns to New Orleans with a vengeance only to meet the vengeance of a police officer who hunts killers with methodical, relentless precision. This third Beau novel is NUDE IN RED (2015). In 2014, the Caye novel NEW ORLEANS RAPACIOUS was released along with the first Jacques Dugas novel, THE FRENCH DETECTIVE. http: //www.oneildenoux.net