Robert J. Randisi Books In Order
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The Miracle of Revenge | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death's Angel | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wolf Pass | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Chinatown Justice | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Logan's Army | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bullets and Bad Times | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Six-Gun Angel | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Avenging Angel | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Angel for Hire | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Blaze! Western Books
The Deadly Guns | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blaze! Bitter Valley | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blaze! | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blaze! Six-Gun Wedding | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blaze! Ambushed | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blaze! Zombies Over Yonder | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blaze! Hatchet Men | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blaze! Ride Hard, Shoot Fast | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blaze! A Son of the Gun | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blaze! Hell's Half Acre | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blaze! Badlands | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blaze! Bloody Wyoming | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blaze! Night Riders | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blaze! The Christmas Journey | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blaze! Red Rock Rampage | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blaze! Spanish Gold | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Decker, the Bounty Hunter Books
Double the Bounty | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Lawman | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Beauty and the Bounty | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bounty on a Baron | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Broadway Bounty | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Detective McQueen Books
Publication Order of Gamblers Books
Butler's Wager | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Denver Draw | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Texas Bluff | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Gil and Claire Hunt Mystery Books
Murder Is the Deal of the Day | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Masks of Auntie Laveau | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Same Time, Same Murder | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Hitman with a Soul Books
Upon My Soul | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Souls of the Dead | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Envy the Dead | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Housesitting Detective Books
Publication Order of Joe Keough Mystery Books
Alone with the Dead | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
In the Shadow of the Arch | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blood on the Arch | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
East of the Arch | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Arch Angels / Blood of Angels | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of John Headston PI Books
The Headstone Detective Agency | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Headstone's Folly | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Miles Jacoby Mystery Books
Eye In The Ring | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Steinway Collection / Beaten to a Pulp | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Full Contact | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Separate Cases | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hard Look | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stand Up | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Mountain Jack Pike Books
Mountain Jack Pike | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rocky Mountain Kill | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Comanche Come-On | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Crow Bait | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Green River Hunt | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
St. Louis Fire | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Russian Bear | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hard for Justice | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Big Gun Bushwhacker | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bulls Eye Blood | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Deep Canyon Kill | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fire in the Hole | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
High Country Climax | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Trail Heat | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rough Trade | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Nashville PI Books
The Honky Tonk Big Hoss Boogie | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Last Sweet Song of Hammer Dylan | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Nick Delvecchio Books
No Exit from Brooklyn | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dead of Brooklyn | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The End of Brooklyn | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Rat Pack Mysteries Books
Everybody Kills Somebody Sometime | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Luck Be a Lady, Don't Die | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hey There ,You with the Gun in Your Hand | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Kills You | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
I'm a Fool to Kill You | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fly Me To the Morgue | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
It Was A Very Bad Year | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
You Make Me Feel So Dead | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Way You Die Tonight | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
When Somebody Kills You | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
I Only Have Lies For You | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Ryder Books
Buffalo Gal | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Longhorn Sisters | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ryder's Army | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tong War | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Flaming Arrows | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Badlands Blood | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Showdown | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blood Vengeance | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Range War | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Session Man Mystery Books
Publication Order of Shelter Books
Publication Order of Soldiers of Barrabas Books
Publication Order of Sons of Daniel Shaye Books
Leaving Epitaph | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Vengeance Creek | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pearl River Junction | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Return to Vengeance Creek | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Talbot Roper Books
Bullets and Lies | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Reluctant Pinkerton | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Texas Hold'em Mysteries Books
Publication Order of Tracker Books
The Winning Hand | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lincoln County | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Blue Cut Job | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Chinatown Chance | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Oklahoma Score | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Barbary Coast Tong | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Huntsville Breakout | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Trail Drive Books
The Goodnight Trail | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Western Trail | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Chisholm Trail | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Bandera Trail | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The California Trail | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Shawnee Trail | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Virginia City Trail | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dodge City Trail | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Oregon Trail | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Santa Fe Trail | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Old Spanish Trail | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Green River Trail | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Deadwood Trail | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dakota Trail | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Alamosa Trail | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Bozeman Trail | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Abilene Trail | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Trail To Fort Smith | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Palo Duro Trail | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Ogallala Trail | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Ellsworth Trail | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Tenderfoot Trail | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Trail to Cottonwood Falls | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Amarillo Trail | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Big Jake's Last Drive | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Kelly Trail | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Drive for Independence | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Red Trail | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Empire Trail | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Too-Late Trail | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Red Trail | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Terror Trail | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Saltwater Trail | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Widowmaker Trilogy Books
Invitation to a Hanging | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Turnback Creek | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Targett | (1971) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Disappearance of Penny | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Ham Reporter | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ute Revenge | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Once Upon A Murder | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Backshooter | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Texas Iron | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blood Trail To Kansas | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mountain Man's Vengeance | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Sportsman | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Ghost with Blue Eyes | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Miracle of the Jacal | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Curtains of Blood | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Offer | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lancaster's Orphans | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Funeral of Tanner Moody | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Trapp's Mountain | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Money Gun | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Gallows | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Bottom of Every Bottle | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Further Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
McKenna's House | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
The Snaphaunce | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Girl Who Talked To Horses | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Goodly Race | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Henry and the Idiots | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Like a Stranger | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Matter of Ethics | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Turnabout | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Publication Order of The Destroyer Books
Publication Order of Gunfighter Books
Reunion in Hell | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blood of the Hunters | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Broken Rider | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Return to Gila Bend | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death Valley Drifter | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ride for Justice | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ride the Hammer Down | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Frontier Medicine | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Face of a Snake | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dalton's Justice | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shot to Hell | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hell Snake | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Wrong Side of the Law | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Guns of the Greenhorn | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Devil's Snare | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hellbound Posse | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blood on the Prairie | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Die Trying | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Counterfeit Lawman | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Thirteen Bullets | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
My Brother, My Killer | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Guns of Wrath | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Ralph Compton Western Books
Blood and Gold | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
For the Brand | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rio Largo | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Guns of the Canyonlands | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Texas Empire | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
By the Horns | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Deadwood Gulch | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Bloody Trail | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Wolf In the Fold | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bluff City | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blood Duel | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death of a Bad Man | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ride the Hard Trail | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bullet for a Bad Man | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Convict Trail | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rawhide Flat | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Outlaw's Reckoning | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Man From Nowhere | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bounty Hunter | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fatal Justice | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stryker's Revenge | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death of a Hangman | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
North to the Salt Fork | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rusted Tin | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Burning Range | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Last Manhunt | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Stranger from Abilene | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Ghost of Apache Creek | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dead Man's Ranch | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Slaughter Canyon | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
One Man's Fire | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tucker's Reckoning | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Down on Gila River | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Brimstone Trail | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Straight Shooter | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Hunted | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hard Ride to Wichita | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Cheyenne Trail | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Double-Cross Ranch | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Comanche Trail | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dangerous Land | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Vigilante Dawn | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Evil Men Do | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Straight to the Noose | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shotgun Charlie | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Law and the Lawless | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Brother's Keeper | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Texas Hills | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Outlaw Town | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Phantom Hill | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hellbound Posse | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Kolchak: The Night Stalker Books
The Night Strangler | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fever Pitch | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lambs to the Slaughter | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Devil in the Details | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Get of Belial | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Kolchak the Night Stalker Volume 1 | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Terror Within | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bare Bones | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Kolchak the Night Staker Casebook | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Lovecraftian Horror | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Kolchak Papers: The Original Novels | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Kolchak Collection | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sound of Fear | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Rise & Fall of Carl Kolchak | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sherlock Holmes & Kolchak the Night Stalker | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Lost World | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Compendium | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Night Strangler Files | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Kolchak | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Necronomicon | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Big Book of Kolchak the Night Stalker | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Night Stalker Chronicles | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Deadly Allies Books
Publication Order of Anthologies
Mean Streets | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
An Eye for Justice | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Black Moon | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Under the Gun | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Deadly Allies | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Deadly Allies II | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
First Cases, Volume 1 | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Homicide Host Presents | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
How the West Was Read, Volume 2 | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
First Cases, Volume 2 | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Crimes of Passion | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hot Blood X | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
First Cases, Volume 3 | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Shamus Game | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2 | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
First Cases, Volume 4 | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Most Wanted | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
High Stakes | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Greatest Hits | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Kolchak the Night Staker Casebook | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Kolchak: The Night Stalker Casebook | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
By Hook or By Crook and 30 More of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Shamus Winners | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Crimespree Magazine #7 and 8 | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Six-Guns and Slay Bells | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Legend | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Great Filling Station Holdup | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
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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