Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grim Reaper | 1988 | O’Neil de Noux | Buy |
| 2 | The Big Kiss | 1990 | O’Neil de Noux | Buy |
| 3 | Blue Orleans | 1991 | O’Neil de Noux | Buy |
| 4 | Crescent City Kills | 1992 | O’Neil de Noux | Buy |
| 5 | New Orleans Homicide | 2012 | O’Neil de Noux | Buy |
| 6 | The Big Show | 2013 | O’Neil de Noux | Buy |
| 7 | The Blue Nude | 2013 | O’Neil de Noux | Buy |
| 8 | The Long Cold | 2015 | O’Neil de Noux | Buy |
| 9 | Saint Lolita | 2017 | O’Neil de Noux | Buy |
| 10 | Righteous Sentence | 2019 | O’Neil de Noux | Buy |
The LaStanza series is O’Neil de Noux’s longest-running detective series, beginning with Grim Reaper in 1988. The ten books follow the titular New Orleans police detective through homicide investigations across the city, with The Big Kiss, Blue Orleans, and Crescent City Kills among the early entries.
The series resumed after a long gap, with New Orleans Homicide (2012) and several more books through 2019. LaStanza was de Noux’s first major character, and the series set the template for his later crime fiction.