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John Raven Beau
This novel is a realistic, character-driven police novel.
Before Katrina – New Orleans is the murder capital of America and her troubled streets give rise to a cop who hunts killers with methodical, calculating precision, innate in a man half-Cajun and half-Sioux. While others lose their heads in the maddening hunt for a cop-killer who ambushes police officers, John Raven Beau focuses his instincts in the relentless pursuit of a murderer.
Coming to the big city, New Orleans – the Paris of French Louisiana – John Raven Beau finds a houseboat on Lake Pontchartrain and a vocation with the NOPD. He makes good friends and does good work, yet his penchant for shooting people, people who give him no other choice, has made him stand out. He is a killer, blindly admired by rookies, avoided by veterans who have been on the job long enough to know a police officer who kills, especially who kills more than once, is an aberration.
Homicide Detective John Raven Beau is a relentless pursuer, a man who will track killers across miles of dark streets, through swamps, wastelands, over rivers and bayous. He will never give up. And he’s an excellent marksman who also carries an obsidian hunting knife. Claims that he’s scalped a few murderers is a persistent rumor.
Beau is a man conflicted. Half-Cajun – he believes life should be enjoyed, believes life should be approached with a sense of humor. Let the good times roll. Half-Sioux – he is bedeviled by the past in which his people fought other tribes for centuries to be eventually defeated my the mighty US Army. Lakota, the true name of his tribe, John Raven Beau is descended from the Oglala clan of Crazy Horse and Little Hawk ,whose blood flows through Beau’s veins. Like Crazy Horse, Beau is known for his prowess, determination, reckless courage, a man skilled at close combat.
John Raven Beau must be fearless, must be cunning, ruthless on occasion, but remembers he is part of the good earth. In the midst of this horrendous case, Beau, a loner, meets an alluring, young woman with aquamarine eyes and a mind as sharp as his, a woman who draws him to her.
This story 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.
Before Katrina – New Orleans is the murder capital of America and her troubled streets give rise to a cop who hunts killers with methodical, calculating precision, innate in a man half-Cajun and half-Sioux. While others lose their heads in the maddening hunt for a cop-killer who ambushes police officers, John Raven Beau focuses his instincts in the relentless pursuit of a murderer.
Coming to the big city, New Orleans – the Paris of French Louisiana – John Raven Beau finds a houseboat on Lake Pontchartrain and a vocation with the NOPD. He makes good friends and does good work, yet his penchant for shooting people, people who give him no other choice, has made him stand out. He is a killer, blindly admired by rookies, avoided by veterans who have been on the job long enough to know a police officer who kills, especially who kills more than once, is an aberration.
Homicide Detective John Raven Beau is a relentless pursuer, a man who will track killers across miles of dark streets, through swamps, wastelands, over rivers and bayous. He will never give up. And he’s an excellent marksman who also carries an obsidian hunting knife. Claims that he’s scalped a few murderers is a persistent rumor.
Beau is a man conflicted. Half-Cajun – he believes life should be enjoyed, believes life should be approached with a sense of humor. Let the good times roll. Half-Sioux – he is bedeviled by the past in which his people fought other tribes for centuries to be eventually defeated my the mighty US Army. Lakota, the true name of his tribe, John Raven Beau is descended from the Oglala clan of Crazy Horse and Little Hawk ,whose blood flows through Beau’s veins. Like Crazy Horse, Beau is known for his prowess, determination, reckless courage, a man skilled at close combat.
John Raven Beau must be fearless, must be cunning, ruthless on occasion, but remembers he is part of the good earth. In the midst of this horrendous case, Beau, a loner, meets an alluring, young woman with aquamarine eyes and a mind as sharp as his, a woman who draws him to her.
This story 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.
275 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 8, 2011
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O'Neil De Noux
171 books11 followersO'Neil Paul De Noux was born on 29 November 1950 in New Orleans.
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Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews
May 8, 2020
2.0 Stars of 5.0 - “It was ok”
Less well-known authors should be supported as long as they provide good stories for the readers and/or good listening for the audiobook listeners like me.
I guess the paper-based book was probably ok, because this title was recommended to me, but the narration of this audiobook was very poor. What should have been a short, enjoyable (well, almost enjoyable), story became a drawn-out, difficult to aurally understand, dirge.
Less well-known authors should be supported as long as they provide good stories for the readers and/or good listening for the audiobook listeners like me.
I guess the paper-based book was probably ok, because this title was recommended to me, but the narration of this audiobook was very poor. What should have been a short, enjoyable (well, almost enjoyable), story became a drawn-out, difficult to aurally understand, dirge.
July 25, 2014
No wonder this book was named POLICE BOOK OF THE YEAR. O'Neil De Noux's new lead character is John Raven Beau, a half-Cajun, half-Sioux homicide detective who methodically tracks down killers and brings them to justice in a city famous for murder and mayhem. Set before Hurricane Katrina, Beau hunts down a cop killer and the climax was as surprising as it was unique. Beau is a man's man and a woman's man. Look forward to more about this character. Highly recommended
June 8, 2012
Good New Orleans based mystery.
October 24, 2016
Must read
I loved the book I enjoyed the humor and the serious part of it I really liked John Bea
And his little dog buck
I loved the book I enjoyed the humor and the serious part of it I really liked John Bea
And his little dog buck
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews