Voodoo Lucy: Tupelo Gypsy

By Vito Zuppardo, Sr

The legend of Voodoo Lucy begins when twenty-eight-year-old Lucinda Jones leaves Tupelo, Mississippi, and her alcoholic, abusive, father behind to start a new life in New Orleans. In the city where jazz bands play until the first light of dawn and no one ever seems to sleep, Lucy falls in love with the eccentric, distinctive characters of the French Quarter, but soon runs afoul of a criminal gang boss and his crew. Lucy herself is no saint—she’s long gotten by through running small-time cons, but when she dreams up a profitable voodoo-laced scam and dares to testify against a killer, Lucy’s life starts to spiral out of control. With friends on both sides of the law and a drug gang who wants her dead, can Lucy scheme her way out of danger and into the life she’s always dreamed of?

Fans of Vito Zuppardo’s “True Blue Detective” series will enjoy this story, which takes readers back to Mario DeLuca’s rookie year on the beat and Zack Nelson in action as a NOLA PD homicide detective, as well as the early days of the infamous Cornerview Gang and the other unsavory characters that prowl the colorful, charming French Quarter. Grab a beignet and a cup of chicory coffee and get your copy now!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Vito Zuppardo, Sr
• Release date: Jun 29, 2018
• ISBN: 9780463794876

Vito Zuppardo, Sr

At an early age of 12 years old, he started his first entrepreneurial experience, and 50 years later he is still reinventing himself as a full-time writer. Vito Zuppardo published his first novel Making Losing Fun in 1998. It has been revised under the name “Alluring Lady Luck” and adapted to a movie script in 2015 that is under consideration. He is also the author of “True Blue Detective” published in 2015. A third book “Tales of Lady Luck” will be out June 2016. All his books can be found on Amazon.com. Born and raised in New Orleans he grew up in the suburb of Gentilly and was the third oldest of four children. Married on April 8, 1967, to his wife Diane they have two children, four grandchildren, and one step-grandchild. Retired in 2003 from 25 years in the casino business operating high limit gaming customers to various casinos around the world. He was an independent representative for some of the most prestige casinos in the world. Las Vegas, Lake Tahoe, Bahamas, Monte Carlo, Aruba, and even a cruise line hired him to produce high limit gaming customers. In 1988, Nevada Gaming Control said Vito Zuppardo was one of the most successful casino representatives in Nevada producing over 60 million dollars in revenue in three years. His main job was keeping his clients happy which was a full-time job while they were vacationing complimentary at luxury casino resorts. Vito started writing in 1986 after collecting pieces of information on each trip. It had taken about ten years before he was able to formulate information and find time for his first novel. Ask any family member or his school teachers to make a list of Vito Zuppardo’s career paths he may have taken and a Writer would not have made the list. It is his life adventures that make his books fun to read and his characters stand out. Life is truly what you make of it.