Natalie's Revenge — Susan Fleet

Murder and revenge in New Orleans. Vol. 3 in the Frank Renzi hard-boiled detective mystery series.
TWO MURDERS TWENTY YEARS APART.
1988: Ten-year-old Natalie is devastated when police find her call girl mother brutally beaten to death in a New Orleans hotel. Like the dragon tattoo girl, Natalie wants revenge.
She vows to find the man who killed her mother and punish him. After her unhappy teen years in Texas, her hunt for the killer takes her from dancing in New York City strip clubs to working as a call girl in Paris. And back to the Big Easy, with a gun.
2008: New Orleans Police Detective Frank Renzi investigates the murder of a VIP businessman in a French Quarter hotel. Is it revenge for the 1988 murder? The killings continue.
Hindered by two hurricane evacuations, Renzi pursues the elusive Natalie. Is she the killer? Or just another call girl?
Don't miss the exciting showdown between Natalie (armed, dangerous and determined) and NOPD detective Frank Renzi.

What to read after the dragon tattoo girl? Natalie's Revenge! She's smart, ruthless and deadly. Whether you file it under revenge mystery, dragon tattoo girl (yes Natalie has a tattoo), or hard-boiled mystery, Natalie's Revenge will keep you reading until the last page.
If you love New Orleans fiction and hard-boiled detective mysteries, follow Frank Renzi and his relentless pursuit of justice in Absolution and Diva, two more novels in this exciting detective series.