Robert J. Randisi, Everybody Kills Somebody Sometime

Everybody Kills Somebody Sometime

Robert J. Randisi

Dunne, November 2006, $23.95

ISBN: 0312338627

In 1960 Vegas at the Sands Hotel and Casino, Joey "Mascot" Bishop tells pit boss Eddie Gianelli that the Chairman of the Board Frank needs a favor from him. Eddie G, being from Brooklyn, fears Frank's reported connections back in Jersey so he declines. However, Eddie G's boss Jack Entratter suggests quite strongly he takes care of whatever Frank Sinatra wants.

Eddie G meets Frank in the special Rat Pack steam room at the Sands. Frank says that whoever he talked to on the street, in any casino, or during the filming of Ocean's 11, everyone agrees if you need something in Vegas see Eddie G. Frank is concerned that his pal Dino is receiving death threats. With waitress Beverly as his date, Eddie G goes backstage after a Rat Pack performance, where he meets Dean Martin and learns about the death threat messages. Eddie G asks his friend from New York private investigator Danny Bardini to help him uncover who is threatening Dino. A beating, several adulation's, and a homicide has Eddie G reeling, as someone wants to harm him for interfering with the Dean Martin affair.

Targeting the baby boomers who will recognize the original Rat Pack, Robert J. Randisi pays homage to Frank, Dino, Sammy, and Joey; other card carrying members like Peter Lawford are treated as minor hangers-on. The mystery takes a back seat to the celebrities, as Mr. Randisi and Eddie G don't hide their fan reverence, especially towards Frank and Dino. Fans will enjoy seeing a different perspective on Frank and Dino in this lighthearted homage to a bygone era (Sands was torn down in 1996).