Robert J. Randisi Books In Order
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| Death's Angel | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Miracle of Revenge | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Wolf Pass | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Chinatown Justice | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Logan's Army | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Bullets and Bad Times | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Six-Gun Angel | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Avenging Angel | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Angel for Hire | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Blaze! Western Books
| The Deadly Guns | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Blaze! Bitter Valley | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Blaze! | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Blaze! Six-Gun Wedding | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Blaze! Ambushed | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Blaze! Zombies Over Yonder | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Blaze! Hatchet Men | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Blaze! Ride Hard, Shoot Fast | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Blaze! A Son of the Gun | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Blaze! Hell's Half Acre | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Blaze! Badlands | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Blaze! Bloody Wyoming | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Blaze! Night Riders | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Blaze! The Christmas Journey | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Blaze! Red Rock Rampage | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Blaze! Spanish Gold | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Decker, the Bounty Hunter Books
| Double the Bounty | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Lawman | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Beauty and the Bounty | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Bounty on a Baron | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Broadway Bounty | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Detective McQueen Books
| The Sixth Phase | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Cold Blooded | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Gamblers Books
| Butler's Wager | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Denver Draw | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Texas Bluff | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Gil and Claire Hunt Mystery Books
| Murder Is the Deal of the Day | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Masks of Auntie Laveau | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Same Time, Same Murder | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Hitman with a Soul Books
| Upon My Soul | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Souls of the Dead | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Envy the Dead | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Housesitting Detective Books
| Dry Stone Walls | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Joe Keough Mystery Books
| Alone with the Dead | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| In the Shadow of the Arch | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Blood on the Arch | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| East of the Arch | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Arch Angels / Blood of Angels | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of John Headston PI Books
| The Headstone Detective Agency | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Headstone's Folly | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Miles Jacoby Mystery Books
| Eye In The Ring | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Steinway Collection / Beaten to a Pulp | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Full Contact | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Separate Cases | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Hard Look | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Stand Up | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Mountain Jack Pike Books
| Mountain Jack Pike | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Rocky Mountain Kill | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Comanche Come-On | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Crow Bait | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Green River Hunt | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| St. Louis Fire | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Hard for Justice | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Big Gun Bushwhacker | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Russian Bear | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Bulls Eye Blood | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Deep Canyon Kill | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Fire in the Hole | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| High Country Climax | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Trail Heat | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Rough Trade | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Nashville PI Books
| The Honky Tonk Big Hoss Boogie | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Last Sweet Song of Hammer Dylan | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Nick Delvecchio Books
| No Exit from Brooklyn | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Dead of Brooklyn | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The End of Brooklyn | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Rat Pack Mysteries Books
| Everybody Kills Somebody Sometime | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Luck Be a Lady, Don't Die | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Hey There ,You with the Gun in Your Hand | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Kills You | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| I'm a Fool to Kill You | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Fly Me To the Morgue | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| It Was A Very Bad Year | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| You Make Me Feel So Dead | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Way You Die Tonight | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| When Somebody Kills You | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| I Only Have Lies For You | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| That Old Dead Magic | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Bewitched, Bothered and Dead | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Ryder Books
| Buffalo Gal | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Longhorn Sisters | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Ryder's Army | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Tong War | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Flaming Arrows | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Badlands Blood | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Showdown | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Blood Vengeance | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Range War | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Session Man Mystery Books
| The Session Man | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Shelter Books
Publication Order of Soldiers of Barrabas Books
Publication Order of Sons of Daniel Shaye Books
| Leaving Epitaph | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Vengeance Creek | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Pearl River Junction | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Return to Vengeance Creek | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Talbot Roper Books
| Bullets and Lies | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Reluctant Pinkerton | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Texas Hold'em Mysteries Books
| The Picasso Flop | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Judgment Fold | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Tracker Books
| The Winning Hand | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Lincoln County | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Blue Cut Job | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Chinatown Chance | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Oklahoma Score | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Barbary Coast Tong | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Huntsville Breakout | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Trail Drive Books
Publication Order of Widowmaker Trilogy Books
| Invitation to a Hanging | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Turnback Creek | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| The Snaphaunce | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Girl Who Talked To Horses | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Goodly Race | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Henry and the Idiots | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Like a Stranger | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| A Matter of Ethics | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Turnabout | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Writing the Private Eye Novel | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of The Destroyer Books
Publication Order of Gunfighter Books
Publication Order of Ralph Compton Western Books
Publication Order of Lady Gunsmith Books
| The Legend of Roxy Doyle | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Three Graves of Roxy Doyle | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Roxy Doyle and The Shanghai Saloon | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Roxy Doyle and The Traveling Circus Show | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Portrait of Gavin Doyle | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Roxy Doyle and the Desperate Housewife | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Roxy Doyle and the James Boys | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Roxy Doyle and the Silver Queen | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Roxy Doyle and the Lady Executioner | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Roxy Doyle Meets an Angel | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Deadly Allies Books
| Deadly Allies | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Deadly Allies II | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of The Gunsmith Giant Books
| Trouble in Tombstone | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Life and Times of Clint Adams | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Showdown at Little Misery | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Death in Dodge City | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Barnum and Bullets | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Tales From the White Elephant Saloon | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Marshal of Kingdom | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Ghost of Billy the Kid | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Little Sureshot and the Wild West Show | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Dead Weight | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Red Mountain | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Knights of Misery | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Marshal From Paris | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Lincoln's Revenge | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Andersonville Vengeance | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Further Adventures of James Butler Hickok | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Jingle Bell Trail | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Independence Day Gang | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| A Gunsmith Turkey Shoot | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of The Gunsmith Books
Publication Order of Anthologies
Author Robert Joseph Randisi was born August 24, 1951 in Brooklyn, New York. He writes in the Western and detective genres, and has been called the last of the pulp authors by Booklist magazine. Randisi has published over five hundred books, and edited over thirty anthologies of short stories.
Robert co-founded the American Crime Writers League, and edited and co-founded Mystery Scene Magazine. He also founded The Private Eye Writers of America in the year 1981, where he made the Shamus Award.
He publishes his work under his own name, as well as JR Roberts, Tom Cutter, Robert Lake, WB Longley, Paul Ledd, Joshua Randall, Joseph Meek, Spenser Fortune, and Lew Baines. Randisi also wrote mystery novels with Eileen Davidson, a soap opera actress. His work is from the horror, western, thriller, and mystery.
He was given a Life Achievement Award from the Southwestern Mystery Convention.
“Everybody Kills Somebody Sometime” is the first novel in the “Rat Pack Mysteries” series, which was released in the year 2006. Joey Bishop, Dean Martin, Peter Lawford, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Frank Sinatra are the Kings of Cool. The Rat Pack. “Ocean’s 11” is the first movie they have done with each other and they have taken Las Vegas by storm. As they film during the day and cavort onstage at the Sands Casino during the night. It is obvious that not everybody has been charmed, though, when Dean starts getting anonymous threatening letters.
Eddie Gianelli, Eddie G, works as a pit boss at the Sands. After working there for twelve years, he has the entire town wired. He is still surprised when Joey Bishop turns up at his table and invites him to meet with Frank in the private steam room the Rat Pack has. Frank asks Eddie to figure out who has been sending out the threats, as a favor to both Dean and to him.
Eddie would like to just politely decline, but he is caught between the not very subtle nudgings of his boss, Jack Entratter and simply being starstruck by Dino, so agrees to look into the matter. He gets some help from a Jewish torpedo from Brooklyn and his PI best buddy. A few bruised ribs and a few corpses later, he remembers why he was reluctant to start with. In a city filled with gamblers, Eddie has now become the highest roller of all. This game is murder, and the stakes could be his own life.
This is a light, nostalgic, and intriguing mystery that deals with a bit of historical fiction. The book has a surprising ending and you are interested in everything going on the entire way through.
“Luck Be a Lady, Don’t Die” is the second novel in the “Rat Pack Mysteries” series, which was released in the year 2007.Vegas during the year 1960. Drinkin’, gamblin’, and everyone’s misbehavin’.
Six months ago, while filming of “Ocean’s 11”, the Rat Pack needed Eddie’s help to find the mug that was sending threatening notes to Dino. Now they have come back for the premiere and it is Frank that needs help from Eddie. It would appear that a babe he was planning on meeting in Vegas took a powder, and left behind her luggage as well as a stiff in the bath. She is laying low, and it is up to Eddie to locate her and figure out whether she is a killer or a victim.
Once more Eddie G teams up with Danny Bardini, his PI buddy, and Jerry Epstein, the Jewish New York torpedo, a guy who never met a pancake he didn’t like. The trio scours the neon streets, casinos, smoke-filled lounges, and seamy back alleys while they dodge thugs with guns and bodies. When Sam Giancana gets on the scene, Eddie begins to wonder if he will be able to keep himself alive and out of jail.
Cameos from celebrities liven up the action, and Mo Mo Giancana brings a rather dark presence to things.
This book was even more enjoyable than the first book in the series. The historical notes are a nice touch, and some like Randisi’s style the more they read his work.
“Hey There (You with the Gun in Your Hand)” is the third novel in the “Rat Pack Mysteries” series, which was released in the year 2008. Las Vegas is still the place to be in 1961. Eddie Gianelli (who is the pit boss at Sands Casino) now views the Rat Pack to be his friends. His friend Frank Sinatra wants him to help out Sammy. Somebody has an embarrassing picture of Sammy and wants 25 thousand dollars for it.
Eddie just has to make the pay-off and get the photo back. Sounds easy. At the meeting place, instead of a blackmailer, Eddie finds there is a corpse greeting him. Quickly Eddie and Jerry are wading in bodies that go up to their elbows. Somewhere, there is a double cross going on. Could the Secret Service’s presence mean that JFK is involved somehow?
Some were able to read this one in just a single afternoon. These books are simply a lot of fun and very entertaining.
“You’re Nobody Til Somebody Kills You” is the fourth novel in the “Rat Pack Mysteries” series, which was released in the year 2009. Eddie G’s talents have been requested once more, this time around to help out Marilyn Monroe, who believes someone is following her.
“I’m a Fool to Kill You” is the fifth novel in the “Rat Pack Mysteries” series, which was released in the year 2010. Rumor spreads that Ava Gardner, Frank’s ex wife, was seen in the Sands Hotel and Casino in distress, and Eddie G is asked to check things out. Eddie tracks her back to Los Angeles, where Ava is afraid that she did something horrible.
It falls on Eddie to figure out just what went down. Someone is after Ava who wants to do her harm and it is not long before he is dodging bullets in Vegas in an effort to keep both himself and Ava alive.
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