Your post was a very enjoyable read in that you referred to everyone as a mafioso

I'm of two minds about the no-lynch option though - on the one hand, it gives us additional time for discussion and possibly investigation, while on the other hand of course it allows the stoolies to take us out without a risk of them being lynched.

While Sasaki is correct in saying that having an odd number is preferrable, voting no lynch for 2 days does the same, and gives us a net of +1 round.

That is of course assuming we do indeed have a detective who can use that extra time.
What we do know is that we have a protector, so he could keep the detective alive should we have one.