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RANDISI, ROBERT J.

Randisi has created a few private eye series and The Private Eye Writers of America.

Eye in the ring. Avon 81455, 1p:11/82. F:PBO. Jacoby #1. $20.00.

Eye in the ring. Avon 81455, 1p:11/82. G:PBO. Jacoby #1. $10.00.

Once upon a murder. TSR Windwalker 450-6, 1p:3/87. VG:SIGNED by Randisi, PBO. Paladin #1. $10.00.

RANDISI, ROBERT J., ed.

Check out the anthologies Randisi did that are listed under Private Eye Writers of America. Here are the anthologies he did as an independent author.

The black moon. Lynx 125-6, 1p:6/89. F:PBO, SIGNED by Randisi and Loren D. Estleman, Collective story by Estleman, Gorman, Philbrick Randisi and Washburn. Carlucci #1. $12.00.

The black moon. Lynx 125-6, 1p:6/89. F:PBO, SIGNEDby Randisi and Loren D. Estleman, Collective story by Estleman, Gorman, Philbrick Randisi and Washburn. Carlucci #1. $12.00.

The black moon. Lynx 125-6, 1p:6/89. VGF:PBO, SIGNED by Randisi and Loren D. Estleman, Collective story by Estleman, Gorman, Philbrick Randisi and Washburn. Carlucci #1. $11.00.

The eyes still have it: the Shamus award-winning stories. Signet AE8481, 1p:10/96. VGF:pb. $5.

RANKIN, ROBERT

God’s wife hires a P. I. in this British work of speculative fiction.

Waiting for Godalming. Corgi 14742-7, 1p:2001. N:pb. Woodbine #1. $6.

RAY, ROBERT J.

Ray began with one book about Taggert, then started a series about Murdock.

Bloody Murdock. Penguin 284-1, 1987p. VG:pb. Murdock #1. $4.00.

Dial “M” for Murdoch. Dell 20511-5, 1p:5/90. F:pb. Murdock #3. $6.00.

Dial “M” for Murdoch. Dell 20511-5, 1p:5/90. VGF:pb. Murdock #3. $5.00.

Merry Christmas, Murdock. Dell 20778-9, 1p:12/90. F:pb. Murdock #4. $6.00.

Murdock for hire. Penguin 10679-0, 1988p. F:pb. Murdock #2. $6.00.

RAYTER, JOE (pseud. of Mary F. McChesney)

Johnny Powers is a P. I. created by this female contributor.

The victim was important. Pocket 1070, 1p:6/55. VG:pb. Powers #1. $4.

The victim was important. Pocket 1070, 1p:6/55. G:pb. Powers #1. $3.00.

REAVES, J. MICHAEL

A planet ruled by sorcery forms P. I. Kamus of Kadizar.

Darkworld detective. Bantam 20672-9, 1p:6/82. VG:PBO. Kamus #1. $5.00.

REID, MATTHEW (pseud. of Quintin Jardine, #2+ are by Jardine)

Private Enquiry Agent Oz Blackstone is a London P. I.

Blackstone’s pursuits. Headline 5460-5, 1p:1997. F:pb. Blackstone #1. $7.00.

REYNOLDS, WILLIAM J.

Reynolds’s Nebraska was one of my favorite P. I.s of the 80s.

Money trouble. Ballantine 36012, 1p:12/90. F:pb. Nebraska #3. $6.00.

Moving targets. Ballantine 33977, 1p:5/87. VGF:pb. Nebraska #2. $5.00.

Moving targets. Ballantine 33977, 1p:5/87. G:pb. Nebraska #2. $3.00.

The Nebraska quotient. Ballantine 32770, 1p:7/86. F:pb. Nebraska #1. $6.00.

The Nebraska quotient. Ballantine 32770, 1p:7/86. G:pb. Nebraska #1. $3.

RICE, MOLLY (pseud. of Marilyn Schuck)

Nico Scalia is the handsome hero of this Harlequin.

Krystal’s bodyguard. Harlequin Intrigue 432, 1p:1997. VGF:PBO. Scalia #1. $6.00.

RICKARDS, JOHN

Ex-F.B.I. interrogator Alex Rourke is now a Boston P. I.

Winter’s end. Penguin (Brit) 1127-0, 1p:2003. N:pb. Rourke #1. $15.

RIDER, J. W. (pseud. of Shane Stevens)

Frank Sinatra provided the cover blurb for the first book in this New Jersey series.

Hot ticket. Pocket 66122-1, 1p:2/89. F:pb. Malone #2. $6.00.

Hot ticket. Pocket 66122-1, 1p:2/89. VGF:pb. Malone #2. $5.00.

Jersey tomatoes. Pocket 64018-6, 1p:6/87. F:pb. Malone #1. $6.00.

Jersey tomatoes. Pocket 64018-6, 1p:6/87. VG:pb. Malone #1. $4.00.

RIEFE, ALAN

Identical twins make up the what the world thinks is one P. I., Huntington Cage, plus two books about the dynamic Tyger Decker.

The black widower. Popular Library 656, npi. VG:PBO. Cage #3. $5.00.

The black widower. Popular Library 656, npi. G:PBO. Cage #3. $4.00.

The bullet-proof man. Popular Library 667, npi. VG:PBO. Cage #5. $5.00.

The consiprators. Popular Library 650, npi. VG:PBO. Cage #2. $5.00.

The killer with the golden touch. Popular Library 672, npi. VG:PBO. Cage #6. $5.00.

The lady killers. Popular Library 649, npi. VG:PBO. Cage #1. $5.00.

The silver puma. Popular Library 662, npi. VG:PBO. Cage #4. $5.00.

Tyger at bay. Popular Library 359, 1p:4/76. VG:PBO. Decker #1. $5.00.

RIORDAN, RICK

Tres Navarre is working towards his P. I. license in the wild and wonder Southwest.

The last king of Texas. Bantam 57991-6, 1p:4/01. VGF:pb. Navarre #3. $5.

The widower’s two-step. Bantam 57645-3, 1p:5/98. N:PBO. Navarre #2. $8.00.

The widower’s two-step. Bantam 57645-3, 1p:5/98. F:PBO. Navarre #2. $7.00.

RITCHIE, SIMON

With a missing hand, Toronto P. I. J.K. G. Jantarro is determined to be the best P. I. in Canada.

The hollow woman. Signet 5225, 1p:3/88. VG:pb. Jantarro #1. $4.00.

Work for a dead man. Worldwide Library 26064, 1p:1/91. F:pb. Jantarro #2. $6.00.

ROBERTS, GILLIAN

Billie August is the apprentice and Emma Howe the grisly veteran in this agency.

Time and trouble. St. Martins Dead Letter 96996-1, 1p:6/99. F:pb. Howe and August #1. $6.

ROBERTS, LES

Roberts began with a California P. I. named Saxon, but after his move to Cleveland, he has concentrated on his hometown P. I., Miles Jacovich.

The Cleveland connection. St. Martins Dead Letter 96218-5, 1p:6/97. VGF:pb. Jacovich #4. $5.

Collision bend. St. Martins, 1996. 1st, DJ, F:SIGNED. Jacovich #7. $28.25.

Collision bend. St. Martins Dead Letter 96399-8, 1p:12/97. F:pb. Jacovich #7. $6.

Deep Shaker. St. Martins, 92795-9, 1p:7/92. G:pb. Jacovich #3. $3.

An infinite number of monkeys. St. Martins 91095-9, 1p:4/88. G:pb. Saxon #1. $3.

Pepper Pike. St. Martins Dead Letter 92213-2, 1p:4/90. G:pb. Jacovich #1. $3.

Pepper Pike. St. Martins Dead Letter 92213-2, 2p:6/98. F:pb. Jacovich #1. $5.00.

ROBINSON, ABBY

A photographer takes up with a P. I. in this one off.

The dick and Jane. Dell 12044, 1p:3/86. VGF:pb. Pallandino #1. $5.00.

RODEN, H. W.

Sid Ames, P. I., is teamed with Johnny Knight, public relations man, in these stories.

Too busy to die. Dell 185, npi{1947}. F:mapback. Ames #2. $15.00.

RODGERS, M. J. (pseud. of Mary Johnson)

Romance writer Rodgers has contributed at least three different P. I. series.

Love vs. illusion. Harlequin Intrigue 375, nd{1996}. VG:PBO. Justice #1. $5.00.

Who is Jane Williams? Harlequin Intrigue 290, nd{1994}. VGF:PBO. Sam and Scotty #2. $6.00.

ROME, ANTHONY (pseud. and also Marvin H. Albert; also Nick Quarry)

This series was created under the Rome pseudonym and then got a boost when Sinatra played Rome.

Miami mayhem (also:Tony Rome). Fawcett Gold Medal 13386-9, 1p:12/88. N:pb. Rome #1. $6.00.

Miami mayhem (also:Tony Rome). Fawcett Gold Medal 13386-9, 1p:12/88. F:pb. Rome #1. $6.00.

ROPER, L. V.

Roe is a Native American P. I. while Saxon was a one-off, all as PBOs.

The emerald chick caper. Popular Library 332, 1p:1/76. VG:PBO. Roe #2. $5.00.

The emerald chick caper. Popular Library 332, 1p:1/76. G:PBO. Roe #2. $4.00.

Hookers don’t go to heaven. Popular Library 400, 1p:8/76. G:PBO. Saxon #1. $4.00.

ROSCOE, MIKE (pseud. of John Roscoe and Michael Ruso)

Five novels make up this series about the very tough Johnny April.

One tear for my grave. Signet G2431, 3p:3/64. F:pb. April #4. $5.00.

One tear for my grave. Signet G2431, 3p:3/64. VG:pb. April #4. $3.00.

ROSEN, RICHARD

Baseball and P. I. stuff get mixed when Harvey Blissberg is on the case.

Fadeaway. Onyx JE46, 1p:9/87. F:pb. Blissberg #2. $6.00.

Saturday night dead. Onyx JE134, 1p:6/89. F. Blissberg #3. $6.00.

Saturday night dead. Onyx JE134, 1p:6/89. VG. Blissberg #3. $4.00.

Strike three, you’re dead. Signet 4233, 1p:4/86. VGF:pb. Blissberg #3. $5.00.

Strike three, you’re dead. Signet 4233, 1p:4/86. VG:pb. Blissberg #3. $4.00.

Strike three, you’re dead. Signet 4233, 1p:4/86. G:pb. Blissberg #3. $3.00.

Strike three, you’re dead. Signet 4233, 5p:nd. VGF:pb. Blissberg #3. $4.00.

Strike three, you’re dead. Signet 4233, 5p:nd. VG:pb. Blissberg #3. $3.00.

ROSTEN, LEO

Silky Pincus and Michael X. Clancy are partners in an agency full of laughs.

King Silky! Bantam 20099-2, 1p:1/82. VG:pb. Pincus #2. $4.00.

Silky! Bantam 13547-3, 1p:9/80. G:pb. Pincus #1. $3.00.

ROVIN, JEFF

Garrison, the Hollywood Detective, is the hero of this historical series of P. I. novels.

Hollywood detective: the wolf. Manor 12337, 1975p. VG:PBO. Garrison #2. $5.00.

ROZAN, S. J.

New York architect Rozan has created a Chinese-American Lydia Chin and the average Bill Smith, and then lets them narrate every other book in this remarkable and award winning series.

Mandarin plaid. St. Martins Dead Letter 96283-5, 1p:8/97. VGF:pb. Chin and Smith #3. $5.

No colder place. St. Martins Dead Letter 96664-4, 1p:10/98. F:pb. Chin and Smith #4. $6.00.

No colder place. St. Martins Dead Letter 96664-4, 1p:10/98. VGF:pb. Chin and Smith #4. $5.00.

RUBEL, JAMES L.

From the cover: “Most detectives have angles, but here’s one that has curves!”

No business for a lady. Gold Medal 765, 2p:5/58. G:pb. Donovan #1. $2.00.

No business for a lady. Gold Medal K1520, npi{1965}. VG:pb. Donovan #1. $3.00.

RUSCH, KRISTINE KATHRYN (also: Kris Nelscott)

Rusch, whose series as Nelscott has made a big splash, also writes science fiction about the P. I. agency called The Retrieval Artists.

The disappeared. ROC 45888-5, 1p:7/02. N:PBO. Retrieval Artists #1. $8.

Extremes. ROC 45943-2, 1p:7/03. F:PBO. Retrieval Artists #3. $7.

RUSSELL, ALAN

Russell’s creation, Stuart Winter, was a bright star of the early nineties, but he stuck around for only two novels.

The forest prime evil. Worldwide 28019-X, 1p:8/94. F:pb. Winter #2. $6.

No sign of murder. Avon 71656-9, 1p:6/93. VGF:pb. Winter #1. $5.

RUSSELL, RICHARD

Angel Graham is a 70s P. I. who starred in a three book series.

Paperback. Belmont Tower 51427, npi{1979}. R:PBO. Graham #1. $3.00.

RYAN, CONALL

P. I. Knighstbridge’s one case takes him from Boston to Wyoming.

Black gravity. Ballantine 32698, 1p:11/85. VGF:PBO. Knightsbridge #1. $6.00.

RYAN, JENNA (pseud of Jacqueline Goff)

The Rag Man, David Alun Torbel, is a man you can count on, but is he a P. I.?

Sweet revenge. Harlequin Intrigue 393, npi{1996}. F:PBO. Torbel #1. $7.00.

Sweet revenge. Harlequin Intrigue 393, npi{1996}. VGF:PBO. Torbel #1. $6.00.

Sweet revenge. Harlequin Intrigue 393, npi{1996}. VG:PBO. Torbel #1. $5.00.