"The Winter of Frankie the Machine" is an exciting book written in an intriguing detective genre. The main character, Frankie the Machine, was once the best on the streets of Los Angeles. Now he has put his butchering behind him and has become a successful owner of a small bar near the beach. However, the past does not leave him when the former mobster decides that he needs to punish Frankie for his past crimes. Now the hero is forced to return to his past life to save himself and his family. "Frankie the Machine Winter" is a tense thriller that will grab you from the first pages and keep you in suspense until the very end.