12 Bullets — O'Neil De Noux

Fifth novel in the John Raven Beau New Orleans Police Series.Someone using the moniker of a murdered Mafia figure is trying to extort money from the archdiocese of New Orleans. The archbishop worries La Cosa Nostra could be behind the vandalisms of churches and Catholic schools. NOPD Chief Inspector John Raven Beau thinks this unlikely and leads his Critical Investigations Unit in pursuit of the extortionist. If LCN is not involved why are Italian gangsters shadowing Beau and girlfriend Jessie Carini, a former private eye, now a bank executive who uncovers suspicious banking activity between Mafia families in New Orleans, Kansas City, Miami and Mississippi, which includes the Mafia Aphrodite herself, deadly-gorgeous Lucy Incanto?Extortion is just the beginning as heavily-armed men try to assassinate The Great Beau and Jessie, who has a moniker of her own - Maneater. This Sicilian-American beauty is as lethal as her boyfriend.Previous novels in the John Raven Beau New Orleans Police Series:JOHN RAVEN BEAUCITY OF SECRETSNUDE IN REDTHE GREAT BEAUAlso John Raven Beau short story collection NEW ORLEANS NOCTURNAL