Robert J. Randisi was the 2009 recipient of the Lifetime Achievement award from the Private Eye Writers of America. Besides his considerable presence in the mystery field, he has written widely in the western and men's adventure genres and at last count had produced more than 500 published novels. A native New Yorker, he now lives in a small town in Missouri in a house overlooking the Mississippi River. Among the Randisi titles from Perfect Crime Books are the six Miles Jacoby mysteries (Eye in the Ring, Beaten to a Pulp, Separate Cases, Stand-Up, Full Contact and Hard Look), two original mystery novels (The End of Brooklyn, The Bottom of Every Bottle), a short story collection (The Guilt Edge), and a two-volume collection The Shamus Winners, which he edited.