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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Robert J Randisi books in publication order
130 books
The Further Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
by Robert J Randisi
2012
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.
The Last Sweet Song of Hammer Dylan
by Robert J Randisi
2019
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.



























