The first short story starts at the close of 1940 and ends in December 1941. The story depicts infamous organized crime members and how they operated. The protagonist happens to be the grandfather of the lead character of the title story, A Six-Pack to Go, PI Rollo Michaels. In fact, Rollo appears in the other stories as well. The book ends with a preview of Rollo Michaels: The Last Case because when it's personal, you do what you have to do!

When PI Rollo Michaels does a few “favors” for a gangster friend of his late father, he becomes entangled in the strings of Mafia puppeteer “Big Vinnie” Costello. While on a New York family vacation with his daughter, son, and fiancée, Rollo comes under the scrutiny of the FBI. His subsequent beatdown and arrest for assaulting an FBI agent is witnessed by his children, drawing the unrelenting wrath of his ex-wife, and yet another wedding postponement by his fiancée. Hoping to stave off fur...

A former LAPD detective sergeant, Roland Rollo Michaels is a self-assured, overcaffeinated, wry-humored divorc. Hes doing his best to be a dependable part-time father to his two teenage children while keeping the lights on in the humble offices of his Los Angeles private investigation firm, Michaels & Associates.His associates are a diverse blend of loyal men and women who handle personal challenges with drink, love, verbal banter, and an occasional hand gesture. Everything goes cr...

Kip Meyerhoff learned how to cook from his father, a New York City gangster who got his formal training in culinary arts while doing a stretch in prison. His dad taught him the axioms of cooking: a little sugar can go a long way; bitterness can spoil your appetite for life; tarts are not always a just dessert; heat can reduce heat; and hot is not always hot. Kip wanted to learn more, so his father turned him over to a succession of hotel chefs. Soon he was searing and broiling, baking and ...

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND MODERN CLASSIC FROM MASTER STORYTELLER STEPHEN KINGA NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEARNAMED ONE OF THE 50 BEST THRILLER BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY BY THE NEW YORK TIMESWINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZEOn November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the wo...

Your best friend . . . or a vicious killer? You won't know until it's too late in this Women's Murder Club novel from the world's #1 bestselling author.Lindsay Boxer is pregnant at last! But her work doesn't slow for a second. When millionaire Chaz Smith is mercilessly gunned down, she discovers that the murder weapon is linked to the deaths of four of San Francisco's most untouchable criminals. And it was taken from her own department's evidence locker. Anyone cou...

Food Network star Guy Fieri takes you on a tour of America's most colorful diners, drive-ins, and dives in this tie-in to his enormously popular television show, complete with recipes, photos, and memorabilia.Packed with Guy's iconic personality, Diners, Drive-ins and Dives follows his hot-rod trips around the country, mapping out the best places most of us have never heard of. From digging in at legendary burger joint the Squeeze Inn in Sacramento, California, baking Peanut Pie fr...

From the world's #1 bestselling author: On the opening night of New York's biggest Hollywood event, special task force NYPD Red is on high alert**—**and they can't afford to make a single mistake.NYPD Red is a special task force charged with protecting the interests of Manhattan's wealthiest and most powerful citizens. When a world-famous movie producer is poisoned on the first day of a Manhattan film festival called Hollywood on t...

Learn to make delightful and delicious macarons from the master baker whose gourmet confections "rival those in Paris" (Zagat).Cuter than a cupcake and more delicious, the adorable macaron is très en vogue. Cecile Cannone has mastered the art at her lauded MacarOn Café, where these beautiful, bite-sized treats are "feather-light, at once crunchy and chewy, and distinguished by rich buttercream filling" ( New York Times).Now Cannone teaches her techni...

The Women's Murder Club is stalked by a killer with nothing to lose in this thriller from the world's #1 bestselling author.San Francisco Detective Lindsay Boxer is loving her life as a new mother. With an attentive husband, a job she loves, plus best friends who can talk about anything from sex to murder, things couldn't be better.Then the FBI sends Lindsay a photo of a killer from her past, and her happy world is shattered. The picture ca...

With 200,000+ copies in print, this New York Times bestseller shares the story and the recipes behind the chef and cuisine that changed the modern-day culinary landscape.Never before has there been a phenomenon like Momofuku. A once-unrecognizable word, it's now synonymous with the award-winning restaurants of the same name in New York City (Momofuku Noodle Bar, Ssäm Bar, Ko, Má Pêche, Fuku, Nishi, and Milk Bar), Toronto, and Sydney. Chef David Chang singl...

Police officers shot ... judges murdered ... and Detective Michael Bennett is the killer's next target in this heart-pounding thriller from the world’s #1 bestselling author.Detective Michael Bennett arrests an infamous Mexican crime lord in a deadly chase that leaves Bennett's lifelong friend dead. From jail, the prisoner vows to rain epic violence down upon New York City—and to get revenge on Michael Bennett.To escape the chaos, Bennett takes his ten kids...