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Robert J Randisi
(b.1951)aka Lew Baines, Tom Cutter, Spenser Fortune, Robert Lake, Paul Ledd, W B Longley, Joseph Meek, Joshua Randall, J R Roberts, Cole Weston
Robert J. Randisi is an American author who writes in the detective and Western genres. He has authored more than 500 published books and has edited more than 30 anthologies of short stories. Booklist magazine said he "may be the last of the pulp writers."
He co-founded and edited Mystery Scene magazine and co-founded the American Crime Writers League. He founded The Private Eye Writers of America in 1981, where he created the Shamus Award.
He co-wrote mystery novels with soap opera actress Eileen Davidson.
Genres: Western, Mystery, Thriller, Horror
Series
Shelter (as by Paul Ledd)
1. Prisoner of Revenge (1982)
2. Hanging Moon (1980)
3. Chain Gang Kill (1980)
4. China Doll (1980)
5. Lazarus Gun (1980)
6. Circus of Death (1981)
7. Lookout Mountain (1981)
8. The Bandit Queen (1981)
9. Apache Trail (1982)
10. Massacre Mountain (1982)
11. Rio Rampage (1983)
12. Blood Mesa (1983)
13. Comanchero Blood (1983)
14. The Golden Shaft (1983)
15. Savage Night (1983)
16. Wichita Gunman (1983)
17. The Naked Outpost (1984)
18. Taboo Territory (1984)
19. The Hard Men (1984)
20. Saddle Tramp (1984)
21. Shotgun Sugar (1985)
22. Fast-Draw Filly (1985)
23. Wanted Woman (1985)
24. Tongue-Tied Texan (1986)
25. The Slave Queen (1986)
26. Treasure Chest (1986)
27. Heavenly Hands (1987)
28. Lay of the Land (1987)
29. Bang-Up Showdown (1987)
30. Whistlestop Wench (1988)
31. Hot and Spicy (1988)
32. Tattle-Tail (1989)
33. Wyoming Wench (1989)
1. Prisoner of Revenge (1982)
2. Hanging Moon (1980)
3. Chain Gang Kill (1980)
4. China Doll (1980)
5. Lazarus Gun (1980)
6. Circus of Death (1981)
7. Lookout Mountain (1981)
8. The Bandit Queen (1981)
9. Apache Trail (1982)
10. Massacre Mountain (1982)
11. Rio Rampage (1983)
12. Blood Mesa (1983)
13. Comanchero Blood (1983)
14. The Golden Shaft (1983)
15. Savage Night (1983)
16. Wichita Gunman (1983)
17. The Naked Outpost (1984)
18. Taboo Territory (1984)
19. The Hard Men (1984)
20. Saddle Tramp (1984)
21. Shotgun Sugar (1985)
22. Fast-Draw Filly (1985)
23. Wanted Woman (1985)
24. Tongue-Tied Texan (1986)
25. The Slave Queen (1986)
26. Treasure Chest (1986)
27. Heavenly Hands (1987)
28. Lay of the Land (1987)
29. Bang-Up Showdown (1987)
30. Whistlestop Wench (1988)
31. Hot and Spicy (1988)
32. Tattle-Tail (1989)
33. Wyoming Wench (1989)
Miles Jacoby
1. Eye In The Ring (1982)
2. The Steinway Collection (1983)
aka Beaten to a Pulp
3. Full Contact (1984)
4. Separate Cases (1990)
5. Hard Look (1993)
6. Stand-Up (1994)
1. Eye In The Ring (1982)
2. The Steinway Collection (1983)
aka Beaten to a Pulp
3. Full Contact (1984)
4. Separate Cases (1990)
5. Hard Look (1993)
6. Stand-Up (1994)
Tracker (as by Tom Cutter)
1. The Winning Hand (1983)
2. Lincoln County (1983)
3. The Blue Cut Job (1983)
4. Chinatown Chance (1983)
5. The Oklahoma Score (1985)
6. Barbary Coast Tong (1985)
7. Huntsville Breakout (1985)
1. The Winning Hand (1983)
2. Lincoln County (1983)
3. The Blue Cut Job (1983)
4. Chinatown Chance (1983)
5. The Oklahoma Score (1985)
6. Barbary Coast Tong (1985)
7. Huntsville Breakout (1985)
Angel Eyes (as by W B Longley)
1. The Miracle of Revenge (1985)
2. Death's Angel (1985)
3. Wolf Pass (1986)
4. Chinatown Justice (1985)
5. Logan's Army (1986)
6. Bullets and Bad Times (1986)
7. Six Gun Angel (1986)
8. Avenging Angel (1986)
9. Angel for Hire (1988)
1. The Miracle of Revenge (1985)
2. Death's Angel (1985)
3. Wolf Pass (1986)
4. Chinatown Justice (1985)
5. Logan's Army (1986)
6. Bullets and Bad Times (1986)
7. Six Gun Angel (1986)
8. Avenging Angel (1986)
9. Angel for Hire (1988)
Nick Delvecchio
1. No Exit from Brooklyn (1987)
2. The Dead of Brooklyn (1991)
3. The End of Brooklyn (2011)
1. No Exit from Brooklyn (1987)
2. The Dead of Brooklyn (1991)
3. The End of Brooklyn (2011)
Ryder (as by Cole Weston)
1. Buffalo Gal (1987)
2. Longhorn Sisters (1987)
3. Ryder's Army (1987)
4. Tong War (1987)
5. The Flaming Arrows (1987)
6. Badlands Blood (1987)
7. Showdown (1987)
8. Blood Vengeance (1987)
9. Range War (1987)
1. Buffalo Gal (1987)
2. Longhorn Sisters (1987)
3. Ryder's Army (1987)
4. Tong War (1987)
5. The Flaming Arrows (1987)
6. Badlands Blood (1987)
7. Showdown (1987)
8. Blood Vengeance (1987)
9. Range War (1987)
Decker, the Bounty Hunter
1. Double the Bounty (1987) (as by Joshua Randall)
2. The Lawman (1987) (as by Joshua Randall)
3. Beauty and the Bounty (1988) (as by Joshua Randall)
4. Bounty on a Baron (1988) (as by Joshua Randall)
5. Broadway Bounty (1988) (as by Joshua Randall)
1. Double the Bounty (1987) (as by Joshua Randall)
2. The Lawman (1987) (as by Joshua Randall)
3. Beauty and the Bounty (1988) (as by Joshua Randall)
4. Bounty on a Baron (1988) (as by Joshua Randall)
5. Broadway Bounty (1988) (as by Joshua Randall)
Mountain Jack Pike (as by Joseph Meek)
1. Mountain Jack Pike (1988)
2. Rocky Mountain Kill (1989)
3. Comanche Come-On (1989)
4. Crow Bait (1989)
5. Green River Hunt (1990)
6. St. Louis Fire (1990)
7. The Russian Bear (1991)
8. Hard for Justice (1991)
9. Big Gun Bushwacker (1991)
10. Bull's Eye Blood (1992)
11. Deep Canyon Kill (1992)
12. Fire in the Hole (1993)
13. High Country Climax (1993)
14. Trail Heat (1993)
15. Rough Trade (1993)
1. Mountain Jack Pike (1988)
2. Rocky Mountain Kill (1989)
3. Comanche Come-On (1989)
4. Crow Bait (1989)
5. Green River Hunt (1990)
6. St. Louis Fire (1990)
7. The Russian Bear (1991)
8. Hard for Justice (1991)
9. Big Gun Bushwacker (1991)
10. Bull's Eye Blood (1992)
11. Deep Canyon Kill (1992)
12. Fire in the Hole (1993)
13. High Country Climax (1993)
14. Trail Heat (1993)
15. Rough Trade (1993)
Joe Keough
1. Alone With the Dead (1995)
2. In the Shadow of the Arch (1997)
3. Blood on the Arch (2000)
4. East of the Arch (2002)
5. Arch Angels (2004)
aka Blood Of Angels
1. Alone With the Dead (1995)
2. In the Shadow of the Arch (1997)
3. Blood on the Arch (2000)
4. East of the Arch (2002)
5. Arch Angels (2004)
aka Blood Of Angels
Gil and Claire Hunt (with Christine Matthews)
1. Murder is the Deal of the Day (1999)
2. The Masks Of Auntie Laveau (2002)
3. Same Time, Same Murder (2005)
1. Murder is the Deal of the Day (1999)
2. The Masks Of Auntie Laveau (2002)
3. Same Time, Same Murder (2005)
Sons of Daniel Shaye
1. Leaving Epitaph (2004)
2. Vengeance Creek (2005)
3. Pearl River Junction (2006)
4. Return to Vengeance Creek (2018)
1. Leaving Epitaph (2004)
2. Vengeance Creek (2005)
3. Pearl River Junction (2006)
4. Return to Vengeance Creek (2018)
Rat Pack Mystery
1. Everybody Kills Somebody Sometime (2006)
2. Luck Be a Lady, Don't Die (2007)
3. Hey There (You with the Gun in Your Hand) (2008)
4. You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Kills You (2009)
5. I'm a Fool to Kill You (2010)
6. Fly Me to The Morgue (2011)
7. It Was a Very Bad Year (2012)
8. You Make Me Feel So Dead (2013)
9. The Way You Die Tonight (2013)
10. When Somebody Kills You (2015)
11. I Only Have Lies for You (2018)
1. Everybody Kills Somebody Sometime (2006)
2. Luck Be a Lady, Don't Die (2007)
3. Hey There (You with the Gun in Your Hand) (2008)
4. You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Kills You (2009)
5. I'm a Fool to Kill You (2010)
6. Fly Me to The Morgue (2011)
7. It Was a Very Bad Year (2012)
8. You Make Me Feel So Dead (2013)
9. The Way You Die Tonight (2013)
10. When Somebody Kills You (2015)
11. I Only Have Lies for You (2018)
Texas Hold'em Mysteries (with Vince Van Patten)
1. The Picasso Flop (2007)
2. The Judgment Fold (2016)
1. The Picasso Flop (2007)
2. The Judgment Fold (2016)
Novels
Targett (1971)
The Disappearance of Penny (1980)
The Ham Reporter (1986)
Ute Revenge (1986) (as by Paul Ledd)
Once Upon a Murder (1987) (with Kevin Randle)
Frontier Marshall (1989)
The Black Moon (1989) (with Loren D Estleman, Ed Gorman, W R Philbrick (Rodman Philbrick) and L J Washburn)
The Backshooter (1989) (as by Robert Lake)
Texas Iron (1991) (as by Robert Lake)
Blood Trail to Kansas (1991) (as by Robert Lake)
Mountain Man's Vengeance (1993) (as by Robert Lake)
The Sportsman (1994)
The Ghost With Blue Eyes (1999)
Miracle of the Jacal (2001)
Curtains of Blood (2002)
The Offer (2003)
Lancaster's Orphans (2004)
The Funeral of Tanner Moody (2004) (with John Jakes and Elmer Kelton)
Trapp's Mountain (2005)
The Money Gun (2007)
Gallows (2009)
The Bottom of Every Bottle (2010)
The Further Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (2012)
McKenna's House (2014)
The Disappearance of Penny (1980)
The Ham Reporter (1986)
Ute Revenge (1986) (as by Paul Ledd)
Once Upon a Murder (1987) (with Kevin Randle)
Frontier Marshall (1989)
The Black Moon (1989) (with Loren D Estleman, Ed Gorman, W R Philbrick (Rodman Philbrick) and L J Washburn)
The Backshooter (1989) (as by Robert Lake)
Texas Iron (1991) (as by Robert Lake)
Blood Trail to Kansas (1991) (as by Robert Lake)
Mountain Man's Vengeance (1993) (as by Robert Lake)
The Sportsman (1994)
The Ghost With Blue Eyes (1999)
Miracle of the Jacal (2001)
Curtains of Blood (2002)
The Offer (2003)
Lancaster's Orphans (2004)
The Funeral of Tanner Moody (2004) (with John Jakes and Elmer Kelton)
Trapp's Mountain (2005)
The Money Gun (2007)
Gallows (2009)
The Bottom of Every Bottle (2010)
The Further Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (2012)
McKenna's House (2014)
Omnibus
Ham Reporter / Disappearance of Penny (2005)
Legends of the Gun (2015) (with Clay More, Michael Newton, James Reasoner, Frank Roderus, Jory Sherman and L J Washburn)
Legends of the Gun (2015) (with Clay More, Michael Newton, James Reasoner, Frank Roderus, Jory Sherman and L J Washburn)
Collections
Legend (1999) (with Judy Alter, Jane Candia Coleman, Loren D Estleman, Ed Gorman, Elmer Kelton and James Reasoner)
Delvecchio's Brooklyn (2001)
The Guilt Edge (2010)
The Traditional West (2011) (with Jackson Lowry, L J Martin, Kerry Newcomb, Kit Prate, James Reasoner, Dusty Richards and L J Washburn)
Six-guns and Slay Bells (2012) (with Douglas Hirt, C Courtney Joyner, Matthew P Mayo, Cheryl Pierson, James Reasoner, Troy D Smith, Larry D Sweazy and L J Washburn)
The Cast-Iron Star (2013)
The Adventures of the Bronze Buckaroo (2018) (with Frankie Y Bailey, Christopher Alan Chambers, Michael Gonzales, John Lutz, Percy Spurlark Parker and Gary Phillips)
Delvecchio's Brooklyn (2001)
The Guilt Edge (2010)
The Traditional West (2011) (with Jackson Lowry, L J Martin, Kerry Newcomb, Kit Prate, James Reasoner, Dusty Richards and L J Washburn)
Six-guns and Slay Bells (2012) (with Douglas Hirt, C Courtney Joyner, Matthew P Mayo, Cheryl Pierson, James Reasoner, Troy D Smith, Larry D Sweazy and L J Washburn)
The Cast-Iron Star (2013)
The Adventures of the Bronze Buckaroo (2018) (with Frankie Y Bailey, Christopher Alan Chambers, Michael Gonzales, John Lutz, Percy Spurlark Parker and Gary Phillips)
Novellas
The Goodly Race (2015)
Henry and the Idiots (2015)
Like a Stranger (2015)
A Matter of Ethics (2015)
Turnabout (2015)
Henry and the Idiots (2015)
Like a Stranger (2015)
A Matter of Ethics (2015)
Turnabout (2015)
Series contributed to
Destroyer
40. Dangerous Games (1980) (with Warren Murphy)
43. Midnight Man (1981) (with William Ted Joy and Warren Murphy)
58. Total Recall (1984) (with Warren Murphy)
40. Dangerous Games (1980) (with Warren Murphy)
43. Midnight Man (1981) (with William Ted Joy and Warren Murphy)
58. Total Recall (1984) (with Warren Murphy)
Cimarron (as by Lew Baines)
15. Cimarron Property (1985)
17. Cimarron Coma (1985)
19. On a Texas Manhunt (1986)
Cimarron on the High Plains (1985)
15. Cimarron Property (1985)
17. Cimarron Coma (1985)
19. On a Texas Manhunt (1986)
Cimarron on the High Plains (1985)
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (with Pierce Askegren, Mike Baron, Rachel Caine, Mark Dawidziak, Tom DeFalco, P N Elrod, John Everson, Joe Gentile, Christopher Golden, Elizabeth Massie, John Ostrander, Gary Phillips, James Reasoner and Richard Dean Starr)
The Night Stalker Casebook (2006)
The Night Stalker Casebook (2006)
Blaze!
2. The Deadly Guns (2015)
Blaze! Western Series: Six Adult Western Novels (omnibus) (2015) (with Wayne D Dundee, Jackson Lowry, Stephen Mertz and Michael Newton)
2. The Deadly Guns (2015)
Blaze! Western Series: Six Adult Western Novels (omnibus) (2015) (with Wayne D Dundee, Jackson Lowry, Stephen Mertz and Michael Newton)
Anthology series
First Cases
4. The Early Years of Famous Detectives (2002)
First Appearances of Classic Private Eyes (1996)
First Appearances of Classic Amateur Sleuths (1997)
4. The Early Years of Famous Detectives (2002)
First Appearances of Classic Private Eyes (1996)
First Appearances of Classic Amateur Sleuths (1997)
Anthologies edited
The Eyes Have It (1985)
Mean Streets (1986)
An Eye for Justice (1988)
Under the Gun (1990) (with Ed Gorman and Martin H Greenberg)
Justice for Hire (1990)
Deadly Allies (1992) (with Marilyn Wallace)
Deadly Allies 2 (1994) (with Susan Dunlap)
For Crime Out Loud (1995)
The Eyes Still Have It (1995)
Lethal Ladies (1996) (with Barbara Collins)
Hear the Fear (1997)
How the West Was Read (1998)
Lethal Ladies II (1998) (with Christine Matthews)
Tin Star (2000)
The Shamus Game (2000)
Mystery Street (2001)
Mayhem in the Midlands (2002) (with Christine Matthews)
White Hats (2002)
Boot Hill (2002)
Most Wanted (2002)
Black Hats (2003)
High Stakes (2003)
Murder and All That Jazz (2004)
Lone Star Law (2005)
Greatest Hits (2005)
Hollywood and Crime (2007)
The Shamus Winners Volume II (2010)
The Shamus Winners: America's Best Private Eye Stories: Volume I 1982-1995 (2010)
The Shamus Winners Volume 1 (2011)
Crime Square (2012)
Livin' on Jacks and Queens (2015) (with Cheryl Pierson)
Fifty Shades of Grey Fedora (2015)
Stories from 'White Hats' (2016)
44 Caliber Funk (2016) (with Gary Phillips)
Mean Streets (1986)
An Eye for Justice (1988)
Under the Gun (1990) (with Ed Gorman and Martin H Greenberg)
Justice for Hire (1990)
Deadly Allies (1992) (with Marilyn Wallace)
Deadly Allies 2 (1994) (with Susan Dunlap)
For Crime Out Loud (1995)
The Eyes Still Have It (1995)
Lethal Ladies (1996) (with Barbara Collins)
Hear the Fear (1997)
How the West Was Read (1998)
Lethal Ladies II (1998) (with Christine Matthews)
Tin Star (2000)
The Shamus Game (2000)
Mystery Street (2001)
Mayhem in the Midlands (2002) (with Christine Matthews)
White Hats (2002)
Boot Hill (2002)
Most Wanted (2002)
Black Hats (2003)
High Stakes (2003)
Murder and All That Jazz (2004)
Lone Star Law (2005)
Greatest Hits (2005)
Hollywood and Crime (2007)
The Shamus Winners Volume II (2010)
The Shamus Winners: America's Best Private Eye Stories: Volume I 1982-1995 (2010)
The Shamus Winners Volume 1 (2011)
Crime Square (2012)
Livin' on Jacks and Queens (2015) (with Cheryl Pierson)
Fifty Shades of Grey Fedora (2015)
Stories from 'White Hats' (2016)
44 Caliber Funk (2016) (with Gary Phillips)
Non fiction
Anthologies containing stories by Robert J Randisi
Short stories
| The President's Mind (1996) | |||
| Quick (1997) (with Marthayn Pelegrimas) | |||
| Closed: Due to Curiosity (1998) (with Marthayn Pelegrimas) |
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