Newly Released Sniper Bid and Best Seller The Maximum Contribution Vie For Top Honors Today
(Terra Alta)—The Maximum Contribution and Sniper Bid by Rick Robinson both hit the Amazon Best Seller List at #88 and #86, respectively of best selling political fiction this week. Rick Robinson, a Kentucky attorney, has thirty years experience in politics and law, including a stint on Capitol Hill as Legislative Director/Chief Counsel to then-Congressman Jim Bunning (R-KY). When contacted about the Best Seller List action today on the internet Robinson said that he was "extremely excited to see his name among such accomplished political thriller authors as Brad Thor, Vince Flynn and David Baldacci."
The Maximum Contribution was named an Award Winning Finalist in the 2008 Next Generation Indie Book of the Year Award and received Honorable Mention at the 2008 Hollywood Book Festival. Sniper Bid recently received an Honorable Mention at the New England Book Festival. Robinson ran for the United States Congress in 1998 and currently practices law in Kentucky. Best selling author, P.J. O'Rourke, calls Rick Robinson "a paragon among Capitol Hill staffers and maybe the only person on Earth who both understands the civics book chapter on ‘How a Bill Becomes a Law’ and knows how to get good seats at the Kentucky Derby."
In both novels, the fine line between fact and fiction quickly blurs and you may think you have picked up today’s headlines instead of two of the best new novels to break onto the political scene. The main character, small town Kentucky councilman Richard Thompson, gets hands-on experience into the world of D.C. politics.
In The Maximum Contribution, Thompson has the chance of a lifetime when his political mentor dies in office and he becomes the nominee for a seat in the House. With Washington’s premiere campaign consultants at the helm, Thompson is riding a well-oiled political machine to Election Day success. His victory is in sight when he stumbles upon an issue that places him in the cross-hairs of power-hungry politicians, corrupt lobbyists, gun-running union officials and an on-going FBI sting operation. In Sniper Bid, Thompson deals with his first big issue on Capitol Hill, steroids in professional sports when someone wants him silenced. The only question is who?
Political Fiction at its best
“Robinson brings us to the inside world of political wheeling and dealing with a pace that reminds me of John Grisham. It is a novel that political junkies need to own but appeals to the political novice as well,” writes Don McNay, Author and Syndicated Columnist.
Kentucky Enquirer political reporter Patrick Crowley says, that Robinson "takes readers and even political junkies to places they seldom see, the behind-the-scenes activities that are the true essence of today's political world; where the money is raised, the decisions are made and political careers are made and crushed."
Crystal Zevon, author of , I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: the dirty life and times of Warren Zevon says "Sniper Bid, Rick Robinson's second novel of political intrigue, 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 luke warm sports fan, I was riveted to the page as Robinson's Republican Congressman unravels the demons behind steroid use, faces off the political consequences of taking a stand, and blunders through the balancing act of maintaining a public/private family life. Robinson gives us an insider's look into the hallways of Congress, the backrooms of the sports arenas and the inner sanctum of a family under political and public scrutiny. Long before the crime is solved, we're casting our vote and knowing this is the guy we want representing our interests. Sniper Bid, Rick Robinson's outstanding sequel to The Maximum Contribution, leaves me waiting for the next one. Warren Zevon would have loved this book."
Robinson ran for the United States Congress in 1998 and currently practices law in Kentucky. Best selling author, P.J. O'Rourke, calls Rick Robinson "a paragon among Capitol Hill staffers and maybe the only person on Earth who both understands the civics book chapter on ‘How a Bill Becomes a Law’ and knows how to get good seats at the Kentucky Derby."
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