num_pages: 304
description: Frankie Machianno, a hard-working entrepreneur, passionate lover, part-time surf bum, and full-time dad, is a widely recognized pillar of his waterfront community. He is also a retired hit man. Once better known as Frankie Machine, he was a brutally efficient killer. Now someone from his past wants him dead, and after a botched attempt on his life, Frankie sets out to find his potential killers. However, the list of suspects is longer than the California coastline. With the mob on his heels and the cops on his tail, Frankie hatches a plan to protect his family, save his life, and escape the mob forever. Then things get really complicated.
language: English
title: The Winter of Frankie Machine
titlecomplete: The Winter of Frankie Machine
characters: Frank Machianno
genres: Noir, Mystery, Fiction, Novels, Suspense, Thriller, Audiobook, Crime, Americana, Mystery Thriller
ratings_count: 10630
awards: awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Palle Rosenkrantz Prisen, awardedAt: 1262332800000
name: Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize 日本冒険小説協会大賞特別賞
category: Best Translated Novel, awardedAt: 1293868800000
name: Falcon Award
publisher: William Heinemann