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East of the Arch: A Joe Keough Mystery

by Robert J. Randisi (Author) Format: Hardcover
4.6 out of 5 stars (14)
Keough has been at his job in the Mayor's office for a year and he's not happy. He's been involved in more political functions and fund raisers than investigations. But when bodies of pregnant women begin to pile up on the Illinois side of the Mississippi, the Mayor of East St. Louis asks for help. Now out on loan, Keough heads up the search for a serial killer with only a Mark Twain quoting sidekick and young female clerk as his "task force." At the worst possible time his ex-girlfriend, Valerie, comes back into his life with a problem--the little boy, Brady, who tracked bloody footprints into Keough's life in In the Shadow of the Arch, is in trouble. And as if all this weren't enough, Keough is still trying to adjust to the fact that he has diabetes. When an offer to leave St. Louis to join a special state-wide serial killer squad comes his way, Keough has to make a decision that could change his personal and professional life forever. Throughout all this turmoil, Keough works frantically to discover the perpetrator of these increasingly sick and twisted crimes, before another young woman and her unborn baby are killed.

Filled with modern images of St. Louis, Robert J. Randisi spins another thrilling, multi-layered murder mystery.
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  1. Book 4 of 5
    Joe Keough Mysteries
  2. Print length
    336 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Minotaur Books
  5. Publication date
    October 8, 2002
  6. Dimensions
    4.78 x 1.33 x 10.36 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0312283989
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0312283988
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There's something very old-fashioned about Robert J. Randisi's East of the Arch. While its serial-killer plot certainly offers some gripping moments, the characters--from the edge-treading lead cop to its self-absorbed politicians--are straight out of the How to Write Police Procedurals manual. And its principal perpetrator bears not even a hint of a redeeming quality. That Randisi nonetheless manages to keep one reading attests to the time-oiled ease of his prose.

Joe Keough (introduced in 1995's Alone with the Dead) is a former New York City homicide detective, now living in St. Louis and doing mind-numbing security work for that city's mayor. But East of the Arch finds his expertise in solving serial slayings needed across the Mississippi, in the bad-rep Illinois burg of East St. Louis, where two women have been murdered during the forcible removal of their unborn children. Struggling to avoid myriad distractions, including a job offer in Washington, D.C., and rumors of abuse within the prospective foster family of a boy he helped more than a year before (see In the Shadow of the Arch), the instinct-driven Keough and an eager young local detective search for a sociopathic misogynist who is already nurturing his next victim--"his crowning achievement."

Though Randisi's history as an administrative assistant with the NYPD informs his storytelling, East of the Arch is too predictable, with a rapid summing-up that wastes the tension it had been progressively building. The 40-year-old Keough, an unsettled diabetic-in-denial, has all the makings of a thoroughbred series figure, but this novel doesn't give him the challenge he needs to show his strengths. --J. Kingston Pierce

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St. Louis detective Joe Keough is faced with what may be his grisliest case. The brutalized bodies of two pregnant women are discovered in East St. Louis, Illinois, with their unborn babies literally torn from their wombs. The mayor of St. Louis agrees to "loan" Joe to East St. Louis because of his special knowledge of serial killers. Joe is assigned a partner, neophyte detective Marc Jeter, who's eager to learn everything he can from the wily veteran. When the case stalls, the East St. Louis mayor, eager for good press, orders a suspect arrested. There's no hard evidence against the suspected killer so his attorney springs him, and the two detectives are made the scapegoats for failing to solve the case. Furious that things have gone badly, Joe is completely unprepared for the shocking climax that turns the case on its head. Another exceptionally entertaining and riveting mystery from genre stalwart Randisi. Emily Melton
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Minotaur Books
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 8, 2002
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ First Edition
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0312283989
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0312283988
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.2 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.78 x 1.33 x 10.36 inches
  • Book 4 of 5 ‏ : ‎ Joe Keough Mysteries
  • Best Sellers Rank: #8,114,476 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 out of 5 stars (14)

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Of Robert J. Randisi, Booklist said he “. . . may be one of the last true pulp writers.” He has been published in the western, mystery, private eye, horror, science fiction and action/adventure genres, and has written close to 700 books, 60+ short stories, 1 screenplay and edited over 35 anthologies. In 2009 he received “The Eye,” the Life Achievement award from The Private Eye Writers of America. In 2016 he was presented the Peacemaker Life Achievement award by the Western Fictioneers. Also, in 2016 he received the John Sigenthaler Legends Award at Killer Nashville, for humanitarian work. In 2017 he was presented with the Derringer Award for Life Achievement by the Short Fiction Mystery Society.

Robert J. Randisi was born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., and from 1973 through 1981 he was a civilian employee of the New York City Police Department, working out of the 67th Precinct in Brooklyn. He has had a book published every month since January of 1982. After 41 years in N.Y, he now resides in Laughlin, NV., 90-miles South of Las Vegas, on the Colorado River, with his 25-year partner-in-life-and-crime, Marthayn Pelegrimas.

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  • MWD
    5 out of 5 stars
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    Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2014
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    First book I've read by Randisi, and I really enjoyed it.

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  • Dr. Laurence A. Levine
    4 out of 5 stars
    A GOOD READ
    Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2016
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    As I am a Saint Louis resident I enjoyed the geographic references. The story moves along at brisk pace with enough twists and turns to keep you thoroughly engaged until the surprise ending.

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  • Lester Williams
    5 out of 5 stars
    A FAST PACED , FIRST RATE MUST READ STORY!!!
    Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2002
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    EAST OF THE ARCH is the third installment in the Joe Keough detective series from master story teller Robert J Randisi. Considering moving on in his career, Joe's mind is changed when he is loaned out by his boss, the mayor of St. Louis, to investigate a serial killing spree that is occuring there. Keough has assigned to him a "task force" consisting of a young Mark Twain quoting dective, Marc Jeter( who I would like to see teamed up with Keough again) and their "girl Friday" Jenny Sykes. The three begin the investigation of a serial killer who is killing pregnant women. Also showing up from Joe's past is Valerie Speck and the boy Brady who were involve in Keough's first case in St. Louis and the IA detectives Mason & Gail who are still out to get Keough any way they can. Add a seperate murder to the mix and once again Randisi weaves a first rate mystery. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND EAST OF THE ARCH and hope there are many more Randisi Joe Keough books coming out.

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  • Amazon Customer
    5 out of 5 stars
    excellent police procedural
    Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2002
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    Detective Joe Keough is a St. Louis Detective who is the mayor's "top cop" which means he is little more than a bodyguard. He misses working in the field. Joe is actually thinking of leaving and moving on to someplace where he can do some actual police work when the mayor of East St. Louis in Illinois asks the mayor of St. Louis to loan him a police officer who has had experience in apprehending serial killers.

    Joe is the logical choice and he jumps at the chance to find out who is killing pregnant women and ripping out their fetuses. When Joe sets up his new office there are two such killings and he knows it is only a matter of time before there is a third. He is paired off with police officer Marc Jeeter, an idealistic man who badly wants catch this maniac and put him and put him in a cage but that won't be an easy take because there are political forces at work with a different agenda.

    Robert J. Randisi is an author who knows how to write an excellent police procedural. He shows a step-by-step investigation in progress and the reader gets so caught up in it that he can't put the book down until he learns how it all turns out. Part of the book is told by the viewpoint of the villain. This is exciting and horrifying at the same time. EAST OF THE ARCH is a fantastic installment in this long running series.

    Harriet Klausner

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  • J. Robert Ewbank
    4 out of 5 stars
    a very good read
    Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2010
    Format: Hardcover
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    This book by Randisi was a very good read. I enjoyed this book a lot and hope to read more by this author in the future. It was my first book by him and I enjoyed it.

    J. Robert Ewbank author "John Wesley, Natural Man, and the 'Isms'"

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