Richard Sanders

• Feb-2018
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While life remains a struggle for Hunter Blackmore, he has begun steps, however unsavory, however unlikely they would have once seemed; to establish himself well enough to continue his investigation and restore his name, and discover why he was made ...

• Jul-2015
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The classic book on hypnosis had been written by Ibn Rushd in 1175 A.D., and had passed through the hands of Freud, Jung, the Inquisition, the Freemasons and the CIA. Now I’ve got it in my hands, and with people willing to kill to get it in their h...

• Sep-2014
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Do you really know who’s writing what you read? Do you know who’s writing this? When a media executive killed himself on live national TV, I believed what I read on my favorite crime blog. Then the blog took on a different voice, began saying the...

• Apr-2014
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• Apr-2012
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Who killed JFK? Did Hitler really commit suicide? Was Kurt Cobain murdered? Hell, as long as we're asking, did Jesus actually live and if so how did he die? I didn't think we'd ever answer those questions, until I met a savant physicist who could unl...

• Feb-2012
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The Ask is the opening chapter of Dead Heat, a genre-bending, character-driven, word-burning thriller about politics, love and the haunting pain of memory.The Pure Plot Pitch: I didn't know—or care—much about tight race for governor of Ne...

• Feb-2012
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In a page-turning tale brimming with adventure, author Richard Sanders tells of the remarkable exploits of Bartholomew Roberts (better known as Black Bart), the greatest of the Caribbean pirates. He drank tea instead of rum. He banned women and gambl...

• Feb-2012
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The Lit-Crit Take: A genre bending, character driven, word-burning thriller about visionary art, spiritual inspiration, hidden symbols and unsolved murders.The Pure Plot Pitch: What do you do when clues to an unsolved murder have been coded in a stol...

• Sep-2011
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The Lit-Crit Take: A genre-bending, character-driven, word-burning thriller about politics, love and the haunting pain of memory. The Pure Plot Pitch: I didn't know -- or care -- much about the tight race for governor of New York until someone took a...

• Jun-2011
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This self-contained short story is taken from the opening of Dead Line, a novel described as a tightly woven, mind-spinning tapestry (Split Seed Review), a fluid, snaky thriller of great momentum (Bookpleasures) and Hunter Thompson mixed with Raymond...

• Feb-2011
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The Lit-Crit Take: A genre-bending, character-driven thriller about memory, identity and making peace with the past. The Pure Plot Pitch: Sure, we all know about arrogant, self-centered media executives. But how about one who served time as a teen ...

• Jun-2010
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THE LIT-CRIT TAKE: A character-driven thriller, centering on the themes of terrorism, understanding and hope. THE PURE PLOT PITCH: Here's bad day: Guy sets out to rob a bank but ends up pulling a carjacking, and when he's arrested a body is found in...

• Apr-2010
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He was told he had exactly eight days to live. By a blind psychic photographer. Okay, Wooly Cornell was plenty crazy-not to mention a huge asshole-but he asked me to help him. So I did. And as the countdown to his death began and I found myself facin...

• Apr-2010
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The sex tape of a famous actress suddenly turns up on the internet, showing her on the last night of her life. The full version is being offered for sale, and the reason for its high price goes way beyond celeb voyeurism. The video also contains a cl...

• Mar-2010
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Just before he dies in a downtown hospital, a doctor passes along the half-formula for a powerful new hallucinogenic drug. Find the other half, and you've got a miracle drug-one that can save lives, save the world, and make a lot of money. Which, of ...

• Mar-2010
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What do you do when clues to an unsolved murder have been coded in a stolen $50 million painting? You try to steal it back. Only you have to deal with corrupt collectors, crazy thieves, lust-powered women, shootouts, betrayals, double-crosses and sur...

Despite a troubled personal life, Hunter Blackmore has always served his country with distinction. From his time in Delta Force, to being an expert homicide detective in Detroit, to many years with the Diplomatic Secret Service (in some of the most u...

Thirty years after Phoenix Requiem, the galaxy has changed tremendously. Yet, despite leaps in scientific and technological advancement, deeply inexplicable-and in some cases downright impossible-mysteries are on the rise. Even Calvin, who disappeare...

A seemingly normal girl from a small Earth town, who never quite fit in growing up, is whisked away into a galaxy of wonders and dangers and magic beyond imagination as the Chimera King's death leaves empty the powerful Universal Throne-completely un...