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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.