Sniper Bid

by Rick Robinson

Overview

Freshman Congressman Richard Thompson is enjoying his new life on Capitol Hill when the death of a colleague thrusts him into the national spotlight on a major issue performance enhancing drugs in professional sports. As he presses the United States Congress for new standards on the abuse of steroids, someone wants him quieted. The only question is who.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940016195162
Publisher:	Headline Books, Inc
Publication date:	10/02/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	179 KB

About the Author

Rick Robinson has spent thirty years in politics and law, including a stint on Capitol Hill as Legislative Director/Chief Counsel to then-Congressman Jim Bunning (R-KY). He has been active in all levels of politics, from advising candidates on the national level to walking door-to-door in city council races. He ran for the United States Congress in 1998.
Rick’s first book, The Maximum Contribution, was named a “Finalist” in the 2008 Next Generation Indie Books Awards in the genre of political fiction. It also won an Honorable Mention at the 2008 Hollywood Book Festival. His second book, Sniper Bid, was released on Election Day 2009 and opened on Amazon’s Top Seller list at #46 of political fiction. Sniper Bid has earned 5 national awards: Finalist USA Book News Best Books of 2009; Finalist Best Indie Novel Next Generation Indie Books Awards; Runner-up at the 2009 Nashville Book Festival; Honorable Mentions at the 2008 New England Book Festival and the 2009 Hollywood Book Festival.
Rick’s third offering, Manifest Destiny, was released in the spring of 2010. The DIY Convention honored Manifest Destiny as the best independent press book of 2010. It was also named Best Fiction at the Paris Book Festival, a Finalist for Best Fiction in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, a finalist for best thriller in the USA Book News Best Book Awards, Best Fiction at the New York Book Festival, a Finalist as Best Thriller in the Indie Excellence Awards, and won Honorable mention in the London Book Festival, the Beach Book Festival, the Hollywood Book Festival and the San Francisco Book Festival.
Recently, Manifest Destiny has been optioned for a movie.
Writ of Mandamus, Rick's fourth novel, was released in May 2012. Just prior to its release, Writ of Mandamus was honored at the London Book Festival as its Grand Prize Winner.
Robinson writes a weekly column for The Daily Caller, a DC based political e-zine. He has also written for Shotgun Life magazine and OneNewEngland.com. These columns are regularly featured topics on talk radio shows throughout the country. Rick has been a guest on Sean Hannity's "Great American Panel."

Editorial Reviews

With his second novel, Rick Robinson has produced a "must have" in political fiction. The saga of Congressman Richard Thompson takes us through an insider's view of Washington, baseball, pop culture and Kentucky politics. It's fun and easy to read. Buy a copy today.

Author and Syndicated Columnist - Don McNay

Sniper Bid does far more than establish Robinson's place as a first rate writer in the genre; it secures his main character, Freshman Congressman from Kentucky, Richard Thompson, a place in the hearts and minds of the reader and leaves us wanting to see him elected again and again. As a die-hard Democrat and a lukewarm sports fan, I was riveted to the page. Warren Zevon would have loved this book.

Author, "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: the dirty life and times of Warren Zevon" - Crystal Zevon