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Robert J Randisi Books in Order

Browse the Robert J Randisi books in order, with series checklists, short summaries, and reading tips for his westerns, mysteries, and crime novels.

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The Oklahoma Score

by Robert J Randisi

2012

The Tracker receives an urgent telegram from his partner, Dierdre Long, who is caught in a jewelry scam in Oklahoma. Going to her aid draws him into blackmail and trouble involving Pinkerton detectives, with more than valuables at risk.

The Session Man

by Robert J Randisi

2012

Nashville session musician and part-time detective Auggie Velez-Colon accepts money and a recording opportunity to deliver a case. When its recipient is murdered, Auggie must recover the mysterious contents and keep himself from becoming the prime suspect.

Angel for Hire

by Robert J Randisi

2013

Liz Archer and Tate Gilmore are hired to defend La Isla Bonita, a Mexican town inhabited by women. A bandit leader wants it for his revolutionary headquarters, forcing Liz and Tate to prepare its residents for an armed confrontation.

Avenging Angel

by Robert J Randisi

2013

Learning that Tate Gilmore has been shot in the back, Liz Archer heads into Mexico seeking revenge. Help from Carlos Valdez brings her closer to Tate, but tracking the bandits responsible puts her on another dangerous trail.

Huntsville Breakout

by Robert J Randisi

2013

The Tracker pursues stolen bank money hidden by the Barlow brothers, beginning with a prison escape in Huntsville. When the man holding the answers dies, a former cellmate leads the chase toward Mexico with other desperadoes following.

Six-Gun Angel

by Robert J Randisi

2013

Robbed of her money and belongings, Liz Archer joins a traveling Wild West show as a sharpshooter. Moving from town to town gives her a chance to follow the thieves' trail and reclaim what they took.

The Honky Tonk Big Hoss Boogie

by Robert J Randisi

2013

Struggling Nashville musician and detective Auggie Velez takes a delivery job promising cash and a recording break. When a bridge rendezvous ends in murder and the briefcase disappears, he must untangle a scheme that threatens his future.

The Reluctant Pinkerton

by Robert J Randisi

2013

Attending Allen Pinkerton's funeral draws former agent Talbot Roper back into the agency's business. Sent undercover to investigate sabotage at Fort Worth's stockyards, he faces opponents prepared to kill anyone who gets too close to their operation.

Upon My Soul

by Robert J Randisi

2013

Retired hitman Sangster has settled in New Orleans after discovering a conscience. When people from his former life demand his return or his death, he must decide how to survive without surrendering the humanity that made him quit.

You Make Me Feel So Dead

by Robert J Randisi

2013

In 1964, Eddie Gianelli is asked to keep Elvis Presley safe during a Las Vegas visit. He also investigates the attack that hospitalized his private detective friend, balancing a demanding celebrity assignment with a mystery closer to home.

McKenna's House

by Robert J Randisi

2014

Insurance investigator Lazarus McKenna returns to his childhood house in Omaha and shelters a young woman and boy. Their hidden troubles collide with his investigation of a murdered husband, drawing danger into a life that had become painfully quiet.

The Way You Die Tonight

by Robert J Randisi

2014

Eddie Gianelli helps Edward G. Robinson research poker while Howard Hughes eyes the Sands casino. Then trouble involving his boss's secretary turns celebrity favors and business pressures into another dangerous mystery requiring help from Eddie's Rat Pack friends.

A Matter of Ethics

by Robert J Randisi

2015

Brooklyn private investigator Nick Delvecchio accepts a modest assignment to check whether a man follows his diet. Discovering the subject’s infidelity turns routine surveillance into a more complicated problem, testing the boundaries of the detective’s professional obligations.

Dry Stone Walls

by Robert J Randisi

2015

Retired detective Tru Lewis takes a housesitting job in rural Kentucky and befriends elderly stoneworker Max Beasley. When a hated realtor's body is found beneath a wall, Tru investigates to clear Max, though the evidence keeps troubling him.

Henry and the Idiots

by Robert J Randisi

2015

A sudden gambling windfall changes more lives than its winner expects. Moving from Mississippi riverboat casinos toward Reno, Henry’s story follows the consequences of unexpected wealth and the people whose interests become tangled with his good fortune.

Like a Stranger

by Robert J Randisi

2015

An insistent stranger stalks Brooklyn detective Nick Delvecchio, claiming to share a schoolboy friendship and treasured memories. When Nick proves those claims false, the supposed friend turns hostile, transforming an unsettling intrusion into a deadly personal threat.

Souls of the Dead

by Robert J Randisi

2015

After an attack leaves former sheriff Ken Burke in a strange coma, Sangster searches New Orleans for a way to help. His investigation leads into voodoo businesses and the bayou while another would-be hitman targets him.

The Deadly Guns

by Robert J Randisi

2015

Husband-and-wife gunfighters Kate and J.D. Blaze accept a job tracking rustlers and land in a three-sided conflict. Playing rival factions against one another could multiply their pay, but it could also leave both of them dead.

The Goodly Race

by Robert J Randisi

2015

This short crime story explores the darker side of Irish life, where melancholy and violence accompany a culture celebrated for humor, poems and songs. Its focus on murder brings danger beneath the more familiar warmth of that tradition.

Turnabout

by Robert J Randisi

2015

A former convict Nick Delvecchio once helped imprison hires him to investigate his wife. After Nick encounters her at their school reunion, her apparent suicide turns the assignment into a troubling case shaped by shared history and suspicion.

When Somebody Kills You

by Robert J Randisi

2015

Eddie Gianelli learns that an open contract has drawn killers onto his trail. Helping Judy Garland with a blackmailer gives him a reason to leave Las Vegas, but even Jerry's protection may not keep the assassins away.

Envy the Dead

by Robert J Randisi

2017

Retired killer Sangster wants peace in New Orleans, but his friend Father Patrick is targeted by a Philadelphia crime family. Facing an assassin sent to kill the priest tests Sangster's resolve to protect both his friend and his conscience.

I Only Have Lies For You

by Robert J Randisi

2018

Eddie Gianelli accompanies Frank Sinatra to Miami, where his reputation for solving problems reaches Jackie Gleason. Asked to help a woman involved with the entertainer, Eddie finds his holiday complicated by murder and people reluctant to tell him the truth.

Return to Vengeance Creek

by Robert J Randisi

2018

Daniel Shaye returns to Vengeance Creek as sheriff, with his sons serving as deputies. While Thomas and James pursue the murderous Fleming brothers without him, Daniel awaits another gang, leaving the family confronting danger on two separate fronts.

The Headstone Detective Agency

by Robert J Randisi

2019

After prison and a revoked license, private detective John Headston tries to rebuild his business. A wealthy woman's missing husband seems an ordinary first case, until murder threatens both his fragile comeback and his newly restored right to investigate.

Nashville detective Auggie Velez is hired to find country musician Hammer Dylan, who vanished after a platinum debut decades earlier. What begins as a search for a missing legend turns dangerous when murder changes the stakes of the investigation.

Headstone's Folly

by Robert J Randisi

2020

Pardoned detective John Headston is rebuilding his agency when the woman connected to his downfall returns. She wants him to find who is threatening her wealthy husband, forcing Headston to weigh a new case against repeating an old mistake.

That Old Dead Magic

by Robert J Randisi

2020

Eddie G. reluctantly helps Jerry Lewis with a problem that could lead to murder. Meanwhile, a Sands waitress recruited as bait disappears, forcing Eddie and his allies to protect the entertainer while searching for the missing woman.

Bewitched, Bothered and Dead

by Robert J Randisi

2022

Eddie G. opposes Howard Hughes’s casino takeover while investigating money stolen from St. Jude Hospital. After an attack and a murder, he must determine which investigation has made him a target before further violence reaches his friends.

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