1963 was a very bad year for Frank Sinatra, but the Rat Pack are always ready to give a helping hand.Eddie Gianelli is helping a friend's wife get out from under a blackmailer when news comes through that JFK has been assassinated. Frank Sinatra was a close friend of JFK and the Rat Pack—including Eddie—rally round to give Frank moral support. Then comes the news that Sinatra's son, Frank Jr., has been kidnapped. Eddie continues to search for the blackmailer while trying to help Frank get through his second—and intensely more personal—traumatic experience, all of which eventually leads to murder.

Ty Butler came from Eastern wealth—but killers destroyed everyone who shared his name. Seeking a safe haven in the open West, he's found a home among the outlaws, tinhorns, and fugitives who gather at the gaming table. His skill at reading faces and cards has kept Butler in the money—and it's kept him sharp and ready . . . for the assassins who're hunting him down. Working his way to Dodge City, Butler finds the town in an uproar. A new law's in charge here where Bat Masterson carved his legend—old, powerful, and dangerous grudges are about to explode—and Ty Butler's caught right in the middle. When the gunsmoke clears, he'll have friends and enemies in all the wrong places. And to make it out of Dodge alive, he'll need all the aces he can get his hands on.

One Last Job Former Pinkerton agent Talbot Roper has a begrudging respect for his old boss. When Allen Pinkerton dies, and his sons send for Roper to attend the funeral, he has no choice but to oblige them. But Pinkerton’s sons, who now run the agency, want Roper to do more than pay his respects. They have a dangerous assignment that no man on their payroll can handle. Now Roper is headed to Fort Worth, Texas, where someone is sabotaging the Union Stockyard company. Going undercover to infiltrate the industry, Roper knows that the men he’s up against aren’t just smart; they’re deadly. And he’ll need to remember everything Allen ever taught him to finish the job…and stay alive. ReviewPraise for *Bullets and Lies“A fine start to a new series.  Fans of the traditional western should get it immediately.”—Bill Crider“Fast-paced and action-packed, rich in humanity and lore.”—Ed Gorman“A very entertaining story that left me eagerly looking forward to the next in the series.”—Western Fiction Review*

Las Vegas, 1960.Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop, and Peter Lawford are the Kings of Cool---the Rat Pack. Ocean's 11 is their first movie together and they have taken Sin City by storm---filming during the day and cavorting onstage at the Sands Casino at night. It's clear not everyone is charmed, however, when Dean begins receiving anonymous threatening letters.Eddie Gianelli, also called Eddie G., is a pit boss at the Sands. After twelve years, he's got the whole town wired. But he's still surprised when Joey Bishop drops by his table and invites him to meet with Frank in the Rat Pack's private steam room. Frank asks Eddie to find out who's been sending the threats, as a favor to him and Dean. Eddie wants to politely decline, but caught between his boss, Jack Entratter's, not-so-subtle nudging and being utterly starstruck by Dino, he agrees to look into it. He gets help from his P.I. best friend and a Jewish torpedo from...

By 1965, Eddie Giannelli has a rep as a “go-to” guy in Vegas...but Frank Sinatra takes Eddie away from home on a trip to Miami. When that happens, Eddie G not only pals around with Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr., but gets the chance to meet “The Great One”, Jackie Gleason. Word of Eddie’s skill for helping people out of tough jams makes the trip to Florida too as he’s asked to help out a woman Gleason’s involved with. Before you can say “And Away We Go!”, Eddie finds himself caught up in a tale of murder, bourbon, and Brooklyn… Take a trip to sunny, deadly Miami in this latest tale of the Rat Pack by Robert J. Randisi, called “the last of the true pulp writers” by Booklist. Reviews for the Rat Pack Mystery Series- “Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin never knew how much trouble they were in until Robert Randisi stepped onto the scene. A gem of a read!” -Sue Grafton “Randisi does a bang-up job capturing Sinatra, Martin, Davis Jr., and their fellow Kings of Cool in all their Vegas glory . . . With a likeable but savvy protagonist, a deep understanding of Vegas culture and 60’s style, and an obvious love of the Rat Pack, Randisi delivers a stylish, memorable winner.” -BALTIMORE SUN

A Debt to the Dead For Daniel Shaye and his boys, the law comes second, family first. So when a letter -- an urgent cry for help -- arrives from a woman who claims to be the mother of a child sired by Shaye's late son, Matthew, the former lawman and his clan saddle up and head out for Pearl River Junction. The desperate young woman may not be telling the whole truth -- lying instead about her boy's parentage to get the Shaye guns behind her as protection from a cold killer and his bloodthirsty gang. There's a whirlwind of death and destruction blowing in, and now Dan and his sons are directly in its path. But Shaye taught his sons well to stand up for justice -- and that even a town full of strangers is worth fighting for . . . and dying for.

It's 1961 and Las Vegas is still the place to be. Eddie Gianelli, pit boss at the Sands Casino, now considers the Rat Pack his friends. And this time, his friend Frank Sinatra wants him to help Sammy. Someone has an embarrassing photo of Sammy and wants $25 grand for it. All Eddie has to do is make the pay-off and collect the photo. Easy, right? But at the rendezvous, in place of a blackmailer, Eddie finds a dead body greeting him instead. Pretty soon Eddie and New York torpedo Jerry Epstein are up to their elbows in bodies. There's a double-cross going on. Could the presence of the Secret Service mean that JFK is somehow involved?In this next installment, the Rat Pack is back in full swing. Celebrity cameos with Buddy Hackett and Marilyn Monroe add to the glamor. It's certain the stars are out, and it's up to Eddie to see that they don't fall from the sky.

Eddie G.'s services have been enlisted again, this time to help Marilyn Monroe, who thinks she's being followed. When Eddie gets called back to New York, his buddy P.I. Danny Bardini takes up the charge, only to go promptly missing. Eddie returns to Vegas with Brooklyn tough-guy Jerry and the two investigate Marilyn's concerns more seriously, with stops at both Marilyn's home and Frank Sinatra's house in Palm Springs.You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Kills You is a Rat Pack mystery from Robert J. Randisi that crime fiction fans and Vegas lovers won't want to miss.

Lancaster’s been in some tough situations before, but this one has to be the worst: attacked by three men and left to die in the desert—no weapons, no water, no horse. Still, he refuses to die without exacting some kind of retribution. He finds salvation in the least likely place: a horse so emaciated and pitiful it looks like it’d be good only for crow bait. And yet, ol’ Crow Bait manages to bring him to safety. And it’s Crow Bait who will help Lancaster find the trio of toughs who put him in such a tight spot in the first place. Even though he has only one name to go on, it describes Lancaster’s revenge perfectly—Sweet.