Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans Rapacious | 2010 | O’Neil de Noux | Buy |
| 2 | Enamored | 2012 | O’Neil de Noux | Buy |
| 3 | The Marriage Swindler | 2016 | O’Neil de Noux | Buy |
| 4 | Hold Me, Babe | 2016 | O’Neil de Noux | Buy |
| 5 | Dame Money | 2018 | O’Neil de Noux | Buy |
| 6 | Walkin’ The Blues | 2020 | O’Neil de Noux | Buy |
| 7 | The Spy Who Used My Love | 2021 | O’Neil de Noux | Buy |
| 8 | New Orleans Hardboiled | 2022 | O’Neil de Noux | Buy |
| 9 | Smooth | 2023 | O’Neil de Noux | Buy |
| 10 | Golden Dandelions | 2024 | O’Neil de Noux | Buy |
| 11 | Naughty Private Eye | 2025 | O’Neil de Noux | Buy |
The Lucien Caye series is O’Neil de Noux’s private eye fiction, with eleven books published between 2010 and 2025. Caye is a hardboiled detective operating in New Orleans, and his cases have the classic noir atmosphere of the genre, with titles like Hold Me, Babe, Dame Money, and Smooth.
The series has been de Noux’s most steadily published, with new entries arriving every year or two. It draws on the private eye tradition of Chandler and Hammett while staying rooted in the specific geography and culture of New Orleans.