The Steinway Collection

Miles Jacoby Mystery #2

by Robert J. Randisi

In The Steinway Collection, Miles Jacoby runs into Michael Collins' Dan Fortune in Bogie's Restaurant, a local hangout for P.I.s (and their creators, in real life) and asks him for some advice; later he calls Bill Pronzini's Nameless"(referred to by the nickname "Wolf," as in "Lone Wolf") for some info on pulp magazines, and later in the same novel, Jacoby gets some help appraising a pulp magazine collection from a gentleman named Stuart Kaminsky, creator of the Toby Peters series.

Genres: Mystery

272 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

Robert 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.