De Noux authors new post-Katrina police novel
Contact: Rene Abadie
Date: May 22, 2013
HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana University police detective O'Neil De Noux has released
his latest police novel, a thriller set in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane
Katrina.
"City of Secrets," tells the story of a fractured New Orleans Police Department
struggling to hold things together two months after the hurricane devastated the city,
left police stations destroyed, and saw the mass desertion of officers, explained
De Noux.
"The gradual influx of transient workers destined to help rebuild the city begins,
along with new criminals eager to fill the void left when most of the hometown thugs
evacuated," he said
The book is a follow up to De Noux's award-winning novel "John Raven Beau," named
the 2011 Police Book of the year by Police-Writers.com. It continues the series of
the half-Cajun, half-Sioux NOPD homicide detective who has appeared in more than 20
of De Noux's published stories.
A resident of Covington and an investigator with Southeastern's police department
since 2006, De Noux has served with the sheriff's offices in Jefferson and St. Bernard
parishes. He has also worked as a private investigator, criminal intelligence analyst
and creative writing instructor. He has been writing professionally since 1988.