[Massimo Rossi 01] • Maximum Rossi

"I donned my shoulder holster then retrieved my .38 from behind the commode and slid it into place under my arm. It fit nice and snug and gave me a better feeling than it should have. Queeney was right about one thing, it was time to stay armed. "

He came to Las Vegas for a bachelor party and never left. When a game of high stakes poker turns into a boxing match, Massimo "Max" Rossi, the son of a Boston Rossi, a mob "fixer," winds up with more than he bargained for. All eyes turn to him when the police find his opponent, a hitman from Chicago, dead. And if that isn’t bad enough, his only alibi, a dancer—the dead man’s girlfriend—is missing.

Now, if the cops don’t get him, the mob will!

Rossi is in the struggle of his life, where every turn brings him closer to an untimely end. He’s got to find the dancer before his time runs out. But in fledgling Las Vegas, time is an abstract concept, and people can hide almost anywhere. Rossi came to Vegas to escape his past, but his past came with him.

Set in Las Vegas of the 1950s, Maximum Rossi takes the reader on a thrilling crime noir ride, reminiscent of tales penned by the likes of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett. Rossi takes his place as a true hard-boiled detective. A man who doesn’t take no for an answer, and isn’t about to let himself get pushed around by anyone...especially a dame.