Bøger af Tony Russo

Sandy Kessler, an accomplished sailor, drowns while sailing on Lake Erie. The police rule it accidental, but her father, a former presidential advisor believes her death was suspicious based on a call he received from her before she set sail. He calls on his friend the president for help. In this second Joe Crane adventure, Crane finds himself up against his most formidable adversary yet: Larry Knight, a respected physician, an Ophthalmologist, at the same time leader of a large drug smuggling and distribution operation in Cleveland, and a cold-blooded killer. Crane, with the help of his friend and ally, Leprechaun, needs all of his skills and experience to fight an enemy who almost succeeds twice in killing him. Tension mounts as Crane finds that Knight is somehow ahead of him at every encounter. Their final battle could mean the end for Joe Crane.

All young Zak Corbin wants is a robot -- in a time when nearly everyone has one. But there is great fear of the Corbin name. Doctor Elias Corbin was regarded as a famous builder of robots until he unleashed an attack on a military factory. Branded a madman and a traitor, Zak's uncle was sentenced to spend the rest of his days on Penitentiary Island. When fifteen-year-old Zak tries to build a robot of his own, mostly to get the attention of pretty sophomore Lisabeth Ryan, it leads to an adventure of gigantic proportions. Zak builds one of his uncle's banned robots, which he dubs Pogo, and he quickly discovers the machine goes far beyond what ordinary robots can do. But when Zak wishes he could set his uncle free, Pogo breaks Doctor Corbin out of prison, leading to a confrontation with a secret weapon: a terrifying giant war machine. Set in a retro-futuristic era, ZAK CORBIN: MASTER OF MACHINES is a tale of family loyalty, pursuing the things you love, and being careful about what you wish for around a robot!

In the mid-1980s, Lottery Fever gripped the nation. States with lotteries saw larger and larger multimillion-dollar payoffs. When in September 1984, $40 million dollars were won in the Illinois State Lottery, imaginations exploded across the land. Across the border in Missouri, a persistent faction pushed for a Lottery. Tired of losing revenue to Illinois, a growing number of Missouri business and political leaders demanded a State Lottery. Unaware of his underworld connections, the Lottery Commission appointed Vincent Mancini as the Comptroller. As Comptroller, he controlled the movement of large amounts of cash through a series of banks to always get the best interest rate. Utilizing his underworld contacts to several offshore banks, he could wash a significant amount of drug-earned cash. Mancini's plan was working well until his actions brought him to the attention of Joe Crane. Now it is a race between Mancini and Crane, which threatens Crane and those closest to him, and a wrong move could cost him his life.

Howard Phillips (H. P.) Richardson, named for his mother's favorite writer of horror fiction, H. P. Lovecraft, was galvanized by his research into Hitler and driven to possess Mjölnir, The Hammer of Thor and its unlimited power, In this third fast-paced Joe Crane Mystery, Crane and Leprechaun are once again called into Action By Tom Brewer of the Secret Service to recover Mjölnir, stolen From The Redwood Athenaeum in Newport, RI. Never before has Crane faced such a powerful enemy, an enemy with the power to destroy armies and subjugate countries, an enemy who has the power to destroy him with a thought using The Hammer of Thor. Crane realizes that he is the last line of defense for both the country and perhaps the world. If he fails, the world will face a madman with unlimited power and nothing to stop him.