{"product_id":"2940011512957","title":"New Orleans Prime Evil","description":"\u003cp\u003eprimeval\u003cbr\u003eoriginal, primitive, ancient or resembling the earliest ages in the history of the world, of feelings or actions based on primitive instinct as in raw and elementary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eprimeval forest\u003cbr\u003eearliest, first, prehistoric, pristine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eprimeval fear\u003cbr\u003einnate, inborn, instinctive, primitive, basic, primordial, intuitive, inherent, basic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe prime evil faced by police officers in a city described in a local newspaper in the Nineteenth Century as Hell on Earth – is murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the autumn of 1887 through the summer of 1891, New Orleans Police Detective Jacques Dugas investigates the most intricate cases of mayhem and murder –\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe city’s most notorious madame is stabbed to death; a hulking simian killer lurks along the rooftops of the French Quarter; a blood-splattered woman dances around the body of her husband and maniacally laughs, “I did it! I did it!”; bodies of tortured men are found along fog-shrouded streets; the death of innocence plays out when a visitor on her honeymoon is strangled, a New Orleans beauty is found murdered; a missing woman case turns into a complicated mystery; the Gold Bug of Jean Lafitte draws hidden desires; killers killing killers; the severed hand of a murder victim points to her murderer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDet. Jacques Dugas, the lone French detective on a police force dominated by the Irish at the end of the Nineteenth Century, is called ‘the smart one’. Cerebral. A thinker. Yet, you will see he is quick to act with controlled aggression when necessary and persistent enough to remain focused on the case and not get distracted by a pretty woman, petty cops hell bent on revenge, or a case that seems unsolvable, as in “Maria’s Hand.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is a quiet, lonesome man, focused on the job and yet – he knows, one day he’ll find her. There’s a woman out there for him. After all, he’s a Frenchman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo of the short stories in this collection are new, never published before. “A Willing Lad” is a chilling tale while “Worthy of Love” is as sad as the Edgar Allan Poe poem that introduces it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncluded in New Orleans Prime Evil are my four stories inspired by the four mysteries written by the man who created the modern detective story, and my literary inspiration – Edgar Allan Poe. His voice resonates through the book. My stories are nothing like Poe’s except for my tipping my hat with the titles, a salute if you want to call it that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe inspiration drove me to create Jacques Dugas. I hope you enjoy his exploits.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"O'Neil De Noux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47073328693488,"sku":"2940011512957","price":4.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940011512957_p0.jpg?v=1763549875","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940011512957","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}