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Rat Pack Mysteries #2
Luck Be a Lady, Don't Die
Vegas, 1960. Gamblin’, drinkin’, and everybody’s misbehavin’.
Six months ago, while they were filming Ocean’s 11, the Rat Pack needed Eddie Gianelli’s help to track down the mug who was sending threatening letters to Dino. Now they’re back for the premiere and it’s Frank who needs Eddie’s help. Seems a babe he was planning to meet in Sin City took a powder---leaving behind her luggage and a stiff in the bathtub. She’s on the lam, and it’s up to Eddie to find her and figure out if she’s a victim or a killer.
Once again Eddie teams up with his P.I. buddy, Danny Bardini, and the Jewish New York torpedo, Jerry Epstein, who never met a pancake he didn’t like. Together they scour the neon streets, smoke-filled lounges, casinos, and seamy back alleys, dodging bodies and thugs with guns. But when Sam Giancana arrives on the scene, Eddie starts to wonder if he’s going to be able to keep himself out of jail---and alive.
Celebrity cameos spice up the action, and Mo Mo Giancana brings a dark presence to the story. Once again, Randisi, the man Booklist says “may be the last of the pulp writers,” gives readers a tour de force of bright lights, hot dice, and drop-dead-gorgeous dames in this second novel in the exciting, acclaimed series.
Six months ago, while they were filming Ocean’s 11, the Rat Pack needed Eddie Gianelli’s help to track down the mug who was sending threatening letters to Dino. Now they’re back for the premiere and it’s Frank who needs Eddie’s help. Seems a babe he was planning to meet in Sin City took a powder---leaving behind her luggage and a stiff in the bathtub. She’s on the lam, and it’s up to Eddie to find her and figure out if she’s a victim or a killer.
Once again Eddie teams up with his P.I. buddy, Danny Bardini, and the Jewish New York torpedo, Jerry Epstein, who never met a pancake he didn’t like. Together they scour the neon streets, smoke-filled lounges, casinos, and seamy back alleys, dodging bodies and thugs with guns. But when Sam Giancana arrives on the scene, Eddie starts to wonder if he’s going to be able to keep himself out of jail---and alive.
Celebrity cameos spice up the action, and Mo Mo Giancana brings a dark presence to the story. Once again, Randisi, the man Booklist says “may be the last of the pulp writers,” gives readers a tour de force of bright lights, hot dice, and drop-dead-gorgeous dames in this second novel in the exciting, acclaimed series.
265 pages, Hardcover
First published December 10, 2007
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Robert J. Randisi
243 books106 followersRobert Joseph Randisi was a prolific American author, editor, and screenwriter, best known for his work in detective and Western fiction. He wrote over 650 books, including The Gunsmith series under the pen name J.R. Roberts, and edited more than 30 anthologies. A co-founder of Mystery Scene magazine, the American Crime Writers League, and Western Fictioneers, he also established The Private Eye Writers of America and created the Shamus Award. Randisi collaborated on novels with Eileen Davidson and Vince Van Patten, and created memorable characters such as Miles Jacoby, Joe Keough, and The Rat Pack. He received multiple lifetime achievement awards and the John Seigenthaler Humanitarian Award.
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June 8, 2022
This is the first book I read in the series, and I thought the Rat Packers were going to be the detectives. Oh well...
Frank Sinatra sets a girl up in Las Vegas. She disappears, leaving a corpse in the bathtub. Hanger on, pit boss Eddie Gianelli is recruited to help, and he brings along some friends. Mobster Sam Giancana is involved with the same woman. Gianelli keeps poking around, and finds a couple of schemes and eventually finds the woman.
A fun read.
Frank Sinatra sets a girl up in Las Vegas. She disappears, leaving a corpse in the bathtub. Hanger on, pit boss Eddie Gianelli is recruited to help, and he brings along some friends. Mobster Sam Giancana is involved with the same woman. Gianelli keeps poking around, and finds a couple of schemes and eventually finds the woman.
A fun read.
April 16, 2022
Eddie Gianelli, pit boss for the Sands hotel in Las Vegas, made himself useful to Frank Sinatra six months ago. Sinatra asked him to help track down a guy who was sending threatening letters to Dean Martin. Eddie came through then--at great risk to himself and his position in Vegas. Six months later, it's Dino calling on Eddie to help Frank. It seems the Chairman has lost a babe he was planning to meet on the downlow while in Sin City for the premier of Ocean's 11. Mary Clarke arrived okay. She checked into a hotel and promptly disappeared. Frank wants Eddie to find out what happened and make sure that "sweet girl" is okay. He also gives him Jerry Epstein, a hired gun from New York, for protection and help.
Eddie teams up with Danny Bardini, a local private investigator, and the three of them search the casinos and seedy hotels for a blonde babe who seems to have a habit of leaving dead bodies in her wake--no matter how "sweet" she may be. Things really heat up when Sam Giancana from one of the New York "families" arrives as well as Chicago mobster by the name of Balducci and everyone seems to thin that Eddie knows not only where Mary is, but also a missing hundred grand of mob money. The cops, who don't exactly love him, are also pretty interested in what he knows about the recent uptick in murdered men. He'll be lucky to stay out of jail...if he can stay alive.
This was a decent read--not outstanding, but decent. I like Jerry. Jerry may be a hired gun and hired muscle, but Jerry has a code of loyalty and he's smarter than most people give him credit for. He's assigned to keep Eddie Gianelli safe and that's just what he does--even if it puts him a bit at odds with the man who gave him the assignment. And Eddie's okay--he's a clean, honest Vegas pit man who's surrounded by dirty dealers, dirty cops, mafia bosses, and hit men. But he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer. It certainly takes him a good while to catch on to some of the neon bright clues strewn about and Jerry is ahead of him in many instances. While this was a fun look back at the 1960s and the era of the Rat Pack, I can't say that Randisi has hooked me and made me want to hunt down any more in the series. He name-drops a lot of stars from the era and works Frank, Dino, and Joey Bishop in pretty good, but George Baxt does the mysteries with a celebrity connection much better.
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Eddie teams up with Danny Bardini, a local private investigator, and the three of them search the casinos and seedy hotels for a blonde babe who seems to have a habit of leaving dead bodies in her wake--no matter how "sweet" she may be. Things really heat up when Sam Giancana from one of the New York "families" arrives as well as Chicago mobster by the name of Balducci and everyone seems to thin that Eddie knows not only where Mary is, but also a missing hundred grand of mob money. The cops, who don't exactly love him, are also pretty interested in what he knows about the recent uptick in murdered men. He'll be lucky to stay out of jail...if he can stay alive.
This was a decent read--not outstanding, but decent. I like Jerry. Jerry may be a hired gun and hired muscle, but Jerry has a code of loyalty and he's smarter than most people give him credit for. He's assigned to keep Eddie Gianelli safe and that's just what he does--even if it puts him a bit at odds with the man who gave him the assignment. And Eddie's okay--he's a clean, honest Vegas pit man who's surrounded by dirty dealers, dirty cops, mafia bosses, and hit men. But he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer. It certainly takes him a good while to catch on to some of the neon bright clues strewn about and Jerry is ahead of him in many instances. While this was a fun look back at the 1960s and the era of the Rat Pack, I can't say that Randisi has hooked me and made me want to hunt down any more in the series. He name-drops a lot of stars from the era and works Frank, Dino, and Joey Bishop in pretty good, but George Baxt does the mysteries with a celebrity connection much better.
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June 13, 2020
Just like Las Vegas of those days, Randisi's book reads as smooth as silk and is morally ambiguous, leaning towards out-in-the-open corruption. You'll feel sorry for Eddie Gianelli until the last couple of pages, and then you won't know whether to cry with him, for him, or for the cops to catch him.
For any fans of Las Vegas, the Rat Pack, any of its individual members, or just the time this book is set in, the novel is going to please you. The author really has brought this era to life again, with much of his prose reading like a True Crime story combined with one of Hedda Hopper's gossip columns.
Love it or hate it, you won't want to put it down until you finish it. Enjoy!
Find it! Buy it! READ IT!
For any fans of Las Vegas, the Rat Pack, any of its individual members, or just the time this book is set in, the novel is going to please you. The author really has brought this era to life again, with much of his prose reading like a True Crime story combined with one of Hedda Hopper's gossip columns.
Love it or hate it, you won't want to put it down until you finish it. Enjoy!
Find it! Buy it! READ IT!
January 19, 2013
If you’re expecting the “who” in the “who done it?” of Luck Be A Lady Don’t Die to be similar to the one in Everybody Kills Somebody Sometime, you don’t have the proper respect for Robert J. Randisi’s entertaining homage mysteries to the early ‘60s in Las Vegas. Oh sure, the story is introduced and concluded with a wrapper dealing with the end of an era—just like the imploding of the Sands at the beginning and end of Everybody Kills Somebody Sometime. In this case, Frank Sinatra’s funeral brings out Eddie Gianelli’s (the fictional protagonist who tells the stories) reminiscing. And the story still revolves around the Rat Pack (even though the Chairman, Mr. S. himself, hated that name). This time, though, the events in the mystery lead up to the premiere of Ocean’s 11 rather than surrounding the filming of the movie as in the first book. Certainly, Eddie G (as the most “wired” guy in Las Vegas) is asked to solve a mystery for one of “The Summit” (Frank’s preferred term for the group) members without revealing who that member is. In this case, the member is the Chairman himself.
Numerous real personalities make cameos or guest appearances in this book. Guess where Bob Hope shows up! How about Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme? Any ideas about Sam “MoMo” Giancana? Where do you suppose Buddy Hackett fits in? Danny Kaye? You really feel like you’re experiencing Vegas back “in the day.” I really like the way Randisi blends fact and fiction. Sometimes, I have to check my facts.
This story is about finding a woman. Yes, of course, it’s a woman Sinatra is involved with. But, naturally, it’s more complicated than that. Someone seems to want that woman and probably wants her dead. There are several possible suspects—a couple who rather dramatically disprove their possible guilt (at least one, permanently). As with many mysteries, there is a “ticking clock.” Eddie G. needs to find the woman by the time of the Ocean’s 11 premiere and reveal her safety and whereabouts to Sinatra. He finds her before the film showing, but nothing in these novels is as easy as it seems. Indeed, the completion of the mission isn’t quite what it seems.
To be honest, I enjoyed this little romp even more than I enjoyed Everybody Kills Somebody Sometime. Randisi’s style is growing on me and I love the historical notes. It seems very strange to think of when certain casino-hotels had different names and to realize that hotels like the Aladdin, Dunes, and Sands have demolished the buildings that were there during my first visits to the city and so reflective of the era Randisi describes in this series. It won’t be long before I read Hey There! You With the Gun in Your Hand.
Numerous real personalities make cameos or guest appearances in this book. Guess where Bob Hope shows up! How about Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme? Any ideas about Sam “MoMo” Giancana? Where do you suppose Buddy Hackett fits in? Danny Kaye? You really feel like you’re experiencing Vegas back “in the day.” I really like the way Randisi blends fact and fiction. Sometimes, I have to check my facts.
This story is about finding a woman. Yes, of course, it’s a woman Sinatra is involved with. But, naturally, it’s more complicated than that. Someone seems to want that woman and probably wants her dead. There are several possible suspects—a couple who rather dramatically disprove their possible guilt (at least one, permanently). As with many mysteries, there is a “ticking clock.” Eddie G. needs to find the woman by the time of the Ocean’s 11 premiere and reveal her safety and whereabouts to Sinatra. He finds her before the film showing, but nothing in these novels is as easy as it seems. Indeed, the completion of the mission isn’t quite what it seems.
To be honest, I enjoyed this little romp even more than I enjoyed Everybody Kills Somebody Sometime. Randisi’s style is growing on me and I love the historical notes. It seems very strange to think of when certain casino-hotels had different names and to realize that hotels like the Aladdin, Dunes, and Sands have demolished the buildings that were there during my first visits to the city and so reflective of the era Randisi describes in this series. It won’t be long before I read Hey There! You With the Gun in Your Hand.
February 26, 2010
Set in Las Vegas during the Rat Pack heyday and featuring a pit boss named Eddie G who is asked by the Chairman himself to help him out. Great period detail in an action packed mystery.
December 20, 2014
A fast-paced fun mystery set in the early days of Vegas & the Rat Pack.
August 5, 2018
Six months ago, while they were filming Ocean’s 11, the Rat Pack needed Eddie Gianelli’s help to track down the mug who was sending threatening letters to Dino. Now they’re back for the premiere and it’s Frank who needs Eddie’s help. Seems a babe he was planning to meet in Sin City took a powder---leaving behind her luggage and a stiff in the bathtub. She’s on the lam, and it’s up to Eddie to find her and figure out if she’s a victim or a killer.
Once again Eddie teams up with his P.I. buddy, Danny Bardini, and the Jewish New York torpedo, Jerry Epstein, who never met a pancake he didn’t like. Together they scour the neon streets, smoke-filled lounges, casinos, and seamy back alleys, dodging bodies and thugs with guns. But when Sam Giancana arrives on the scene, Eddie starts to wonder if he’s going to be able to keep himself out of jail---and alive.
Celebrity cameos spice up the action, and Mo Mo Giancana brings a dark presence to the story. Once again, Randisi, the man Booklist says “may be the last of the pulp writers,” gives readers a tour de force of bright lights, hot dice, and drop-dead-gorgeous dames in this second novel in the exciting, acclaimed series.
Once again Eddie teams up with his P.I. buddy, Danny Bardini, and the Jewish New York torpedo, Jerry Epstein, who never met a pancake he didn’t like. Together they scour the neon streets, smoke-filled lounges, casinos, and seamy back alleys, dodging bodies and thugs with guns. But when Sam Giancana arrives on the scene, Eddie starts to wonder if he’s going to be able to keep himself out of jail---and alive.
Celebrity cameos spice up the action, and Mo Mo Giancana brings a dark presence to the story. Once again, Randisi, the man Booklist says “may be the last of the pulp writers,” gives readers a tour de force of bright lights, hot dice, and drop-dead-gorgeous dames in this second novel in the exciting, acclaimed series.
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November 12, 2021
A few months ago I gave a rave review to a fun mystery dealing with the Rat Pack filming of Ocean's Eleven in Las Vegas. Knowing that this book, Everybody Kills Somebody Sometime, was only the first in a series, I wanted to pick up more. This is the second and I am happy to report it is just as much fun as the original.
The story opens in the summer of 1960, six months after filming wrapped. The movie is set for its Vegas premiere. Sands casino pit boss Eddie Giannelli is asked a favor by his new celebrity friend Frank Sinatra. Planning to meet a girl he's seeing on the sly, Frank finds she has disappeared and asks Eddie G to find her. Searching her room with "torpedo" Jerry Epstein, they find a dead man in her bathtub. Eddie, Jerry and PI Danny Bardini search for the woman, who is cheating with Sinatra on her boyfriend: Chicago mob boss Sam Giancana.
Randisi is a pulp master; he directs a mystery with true flair. To that he adds a wonderful appreciation of not only the Rat Pack but also Las Vegas' unique role in modern American culture. Not bad for a pulp mystery.
The story opens in the summer of 1960, six months after filming wrapped. The movie is set for its Vegas premiere. Sands casino pit boss Eddie Giannelli is asked a favor by his new celebrity friend Frank Sinatra. Planning to meet a girl he's seeing on the sly, Frank finds she has disappeared and asks Eddie G to find her. Searching her room with "torpedo" Jerry Epstein, they find a dead man in her bathtub. Eddie, Jerry and PI Danny Bardini search for the woman, who is cheating with Sinatra on her boyfriend: Chicago mob boss Sam Giancana.
Randisi is a pulp master; he directs a mystery with true flair. To that he adds a wonderful appreciation of not only the Rat Pack but also Las Vegas' unique role in modern American culture. Not bad for a pulp mystery.
March 19, 2025
“Luck Be A Lady, Don't Die” begins with Eddie G. attending Frank Sinatra's funeral in 1998.
As the celebrant droned on Eddie closes his eyes and drifts back in time to 1960.
Frank Sinatra is back in town, along with the rest of the Rat Pack, for the premiere of 'Ocean's 11'.
His current girlfriend, Juliet Prowse, is with him and he's stashed another woman, Mary Clarke, is a nearby hotel.
Only she's not there and there's a dead man in the bathroom.
Frank wants her found quickly.
As in the first book Eddie has protection in the form of New York heavy Jerry Epstein. Local P.I. Danny Bardini is also on hand
He's soon joined by Mary's older sister, Lily D'Angelli, a woman knows more than her prayers. It's not immediately apparent but she is the key to the missing Mary.
Mary, it turns out, had also been dating NY mobster Sam Giancana.
There's also the small problem of a Chicago mobster who is missing $100,000.
It seems that there is more to Mary than meets the eye and a lot of reasons why people are searching high and low for her.
It's good fun.
4 Stars.
As the celebrant droned on Eddie closes his eyes and drifts back in time to 1960.
Frank Sinatra is back in town, along with the rest of the Rat Pack, for the premiere of 'Ocean's 11'.
His current girlfriend, Juliet Prowse, is with him and he's stashed another woman, Mary Clarke, is a nearby hotel.
Only she's not there and there's a dead man in the bathroom.
Frank wants her found quickly.
As in the first book Eddie has protection in the form of New York heavy Jerry Epstein. Local P.I. Danny Bardini is also on hand
He's soon joined by Mary's older sister, Lily D'Angelli, a woman knows more than her prayers. It's not immediately apparent but she is the key to the missing Mary.
Mary, it turns out, had also been dating NY mobster Sam Giancana.
There's also the small problem of a Chicago mobster who is missing $100,000.
It seems that there is more to Mary than meets the eye and a lot of reasons why people are searching high and low for her.
It's good fun.
4 Stars.
November 7, 2025
The second Rat Pack mystery is an improvement over the first, but it is still only 'good not great'.
The setting and look at the time period are fun and the Rat Pack all sound great.
One of the main problems is our hero, Eddie, is the weakest character in the book.
He isn't a detective and doesn't seem to know what he's doing.
He also spends too much time checking out every woman in the cast, when he might be actually doing his job.
The mystery is stronger, the cast is likable and the story has a decent sense of humor.
Just wish the Rat Pack would do more and I don't see why we need the framing sequences.
A fun time waster.
The setting and look at the time period are fun and the Rat Pack all sound great.
One of the main problems is our hero, Eddie, is the weakest character in the book.
He isn't a detective and doesn't seem to know what he's doing.
He also spends too much time checking out every woman in the cast, when he might be actually doing his job.
The mystery is stronger, the cast is likable and the story has a decent sense of humor.
Just wish the Rat Pack would do more and I don't see why we need the framing sequences.
A fun time waster.
April 26, 2023
Another fantastic, fun Rat Pack Mystery.
The 2nd one in the series.
Las Vegas,1960, and the premier of Ocean's Eleven. The gang is back in town, and Frank Sinatra asks Eddie G., pit boss at the Sands, for a favor.
Frank's been seeing a woman on the side, while dating Juliet Prowse. She's supposed to be in Vegas,but she's nowhere to be found.
Soon Eddie is on another adventure, with lots of action, and dead bodies.
Well written, and great fun.
The 2nd one in the series.
Las Vegas,1960, and the premier of Ocean's Eleven. The gang is back in town, and Frank Sinatra asks Eddie G., pit boss at the Sands, for a favor.
Frank's been seeing a woman on the side, while dating Juliet Prowse. She's supposed to be in Vegas,but she's nowhere to be found.
Soon Eddie is on another adventure, with lots of action, and dead bodies.
Well written, and great fun.
May 24, 2023
I am really enjoying these Rat Pack mysteries, even though i have never had a particular interest in those men or that era. Eddie Gianelli starts these books with an event set in the present day and then starts to remember an event from his past that involves the Rat Pack. Eddie and his sidekick/protector, Jerry, are very likable characters. I find myself rooting for them to get out of all their difficult situations and to solve the task they have been assigned.
July 10, 2020
Sinatra needs help! Enter Eddie G, the man with the plan from Vegas. This is the second book in the Rat pack Mysteries series. When a girl that Sinatra is suppose to meet up with is on the lam, Eddie and his friends, (Danny Bardini and the Jewish torpedo Jerry) are on the case.
July 14, 2023
I enjoy the history of Las Vegas that comes with the mystery!
August 3, 2023
Fun story set in Vegas with Frank and the boys pivotal to the plot. Liked the style and pace.
October 15, 2013
Robert Randisi's 2nd book in his Rat Pack series, “Luck Be a Lady, Don't Die: A Rat Pack Mystery” is more than a mystery; it is also a love story. No, not between Frank Sinatra and Ava, or Juliet, or Mia, or Barbara, or … Nor between Dino, Sammy, Joey, or Peter and any woman or women they might have been involved with. No, Randisi's book is an open love letter from the author to the city of Las Vegas, or at least the Las Vegas that existed 50 years ago. When the headliners were also cultural icons, when the casinos were owned by – well, let's say “questionable” business enterprises rather than multinational corporations, before the days of the metrosexual …
The plot: Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack (note: they never referred to themselves by that name – the press and the public did) have returned to Las Vegas for the opening of their film, “Oceans 11”. Frank also invited a woman to meet him there – but she's missing. Hoping to quietly find out where she is and what happened, Sinatra requests the assistance of Sands' pit boss Eddie Gianelli, who had assisted Dean Martin with an investigation while they were filming the movie 6 months earlier. Eddie, paired with mobbed up bodyguard Jerry Epstein, is encouraged by casino management to take the time to solve their mystery – they LIKE it when their stars and high rollers are happy! The problem, as the pair gets deeper and deeper into the mystery, amid a growing collection of dead bodies and angry police detectives, is that someone – maybe everyone – is lying.
Rating: 5 stars. No one is going to cover this in an Advanced Literature class. BUT … It drew me in and kept me wanting to read more. It made me feel like I was actually in the setting, and it had memorable and likeable characters – admittedly some drawn from real-life celebrities, but others were created for this book / series.
The plot: Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack (note: they never referred to themselves by that name – the press and the public did) have returned to Las Vegas for the opening of their film, “Oceans 11”. Frank also invited a woman to meet him there – but she's missing. Hoping to quietly find out where she is and what happened, Sinatra requests the assistance of Sands' pit boss Eddie Gianelli, who had assisted Dean Martin with an investigation while they were filming the movie 6 months earlier. Eddie, paired with mobbed up bodyguard Jerry Epstein, is encouraged by casino management to take the time to solve their mystery – they LIKE it when their stars and high rollers are happy! The problem, as the pair gets deeper and deeper into the mystery, amid a growing collection of dead bodies and angry police detectives, is that someone – maybe everyone – is lying.
Rating: 5 stars. No one is going to cover this in an Advanced Literature class. BUT … It drew me in and kept me wanting to read more. It made me feel like I was actually in the setting, and it had memorable and likeable characters – admittedly some drawn from real-life celebrities, but others were created for this book / series.
February 5, 2017
Vegas, 1960. Gamblin', drinkin', and everybody's misbehavin'. Six months ago, while they were filming Ocean's 11, the Rat Pack needed Eddie Gianelli's help to track down the mug who was sending threatening letters to Dino. Now they're back for the premiere and it's Frank who needs Eddie's help. Seems a babe he was planning to meet in Sin City took a powder, leaving behind her luggage and a stiff in the bathtub. She's on the lam, and it's up to Eddie to find her and figure out if she's a victim or a killer.
Eddie teams up with his P.I. buddy, Danny Bardini, and the Jewish New York torpedo, Jerry Esptein, who never met a pancake he didn't like. Together they scour the neon streets, smoke-filled lounges, casinos, and seamy back alleys, dodging bodies and thugs with guns. But when Sam Giancana arrives on the scene, Eddie starts to wonder if he's going to be able to keep himself out of jail, and alive.
Celebrity cameos spice up the action, and Mo Mo Giancana brings a dark presence to the story. I really enjoyed this one.
Eddie teams up with his P.I. buddy, Danny Bardini, and the Jewish New York torpedo, Jerry Esptein, who never met a pancake he didn't like. Together they scour the neon streets, smoke-filled lounges, casinos, and seamy back alleys, dodging bodies and thugs with guns. But when Sam Giancana arrives on the scene, Eddie starts to wonder if he's going to be able to keep himself out of jail, and alive.
Celebrity cameos spice up the action, and Mo Mo Giancana brings a dark presence to the story. I really enjoyed this one.
July 21, 2009
I liked this a lot. Its more like 3 and a half stars instead of three. It could have been four but there really was not enough Frank, Dean and Sammy (especially Sammy) to leave me feeling especially satisfied. I have been a fan of the Pack for about ten years now and was hoping for a bit more interaction between the main character and these "characters" from history. Most of the book was funny. Some of it was sad and thoughtful. There are times when I felt the two pages per chapter flow of the book was to James Patterson for my taste but overall a great book and looking forward to more from this series.
July 8, 2012
Excellent combination of 1960's Vegas and the Rat Pack with enough humor and mystery to carry you though. I really liked the amount of dialogue and the short chapters; they made you feel like you weren't laboring through the book.
October 30, 2014
The second in the Rat Pack series continues the adventures of Eddie G, Jerry, and of course Frank, Dean, and Sammy. Fun noir story that takes you back to Vegas in the 60's. Still a fan of the series - looking forward to reading the next one soon.
January 14, 2008
What's not to like about a hard-boiled detective book about Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack in Las Vegas. A fun weekend read.
March 23, 2008
If you are old enough to remember the rat pack this is a fun read
February 29, 2012
Interesting story about the 1960s and the Las Vegas strip, but as far as the story line goes, the ending left much to be desired.
June 21, 2012
The detective is a "friend" of Sinatra and the Pack and gets called in to handle little "problems" discreetly.
March 9, 2013
Great fun - this mystery took me back to the days of the Rat Pack in Las Vegas of the 60s.
August 2, 2014
Very Good; Continuing characters: Eddie Gianelli and the Rat Pack; the Sands pit boss is asked to do a favor for Frank Sinatra, track down a hat check girl who has gone missing in Vegas
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March 19, 2015I liked this book. Ready to find the rest of the series.
August 28, 2016
Not what I expected but not terrible
August 18, 2010
The ending is a little too pat, but this is another strong entry in the very fun Rat Pack series.
December 21, 2015
Fun, easy read, disappointed in the ending.
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