Robert J Randisi
(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.
Series
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Once Upon a Murder (1987) (with Kevin Randle)
Frontier Marshall (1989)
The Black Moon (1989) (with Loren D Estleman, Ed Gorman, W R 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)
The Honky Tonk Big Hoss Boogie (2013)
McKenna's House (2014)
The Disappearance of Penny (1980)
The Ham Reporter (1986)
Once Upon a Murder (1987) (with Kevin Randle)
Frontier Marshall (1989)
The Black Moon (1989) (with Loren D Estleman, Ed Gorman, W R 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)
The Honky Tonk Big Hoss Boogie (2013)
McKenna's House (2014)
Omnibus
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)
Legends of the Gun (2015) (with Clay More, Michael Newton, James Reasoner, Frank Roderus, Jory Sherman and L J Washburn)
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)
Legends of the Gun (2015) (with Clay More, Michael Newton, James Reasoner, Frank Roderus, Jory Sherman and L J Washburn)
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)
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!
1. Blaze! (2015) (with Wayne D Dundee, Jackson Lowry, Stephen Mertz and Michael Newton)
2. The Deadly Guns (2015)
1. Blaze! (2015) (with Wayne D Dundee, Jackson Lowry, Stephen Mertz and Michael Newton)
2. The Deadly Guns (2015)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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) |
Robert J Randisi recommends
The Accomplice (2007) (Accomplice , book 1) Marcus Galloway "Marcus Galloway is an amazing talent." |
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