The Blood Orange
by Gordon Basichis
Price: $7.99 USD. 58290 words.
Published on June 8, 2011. Fiction.
The Blood Orange, a romantic mystery set in modern day Los Angeles, is a quest for a treasure and a search for the soul. Former cop, Max Brodie, returns as a grisly murder ignites a deadly conflict. Bandit's treasure and the romance of Old Spanish California are inextricably woven into a grand scheme of duplicity and intrigue where Max must uncover a vast puzzle. Nothing is what it seems to be.
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Gordon Basichis
Biography
Gordon Basichis is the author of “The Blood Orange," a hard edged, modern day romantic mystery thriller in the tradition of classic LA Noir.
He is the author of The Guys Who Spied for China," a roman a clef exposing Chinese espionage networks in the United States, a quarter finalist in Amazon's Breakthrough Novel competition. He is he author of the best selling Beautiful Bad Girl, The Vicki Morgan Story, a non-fiction novel about the international affair between department store scion, Alfred Bloomingdale, and his mistress, Vicki Morgan, that helped define exotic sexuality in the late twentieth century. His first published novel The Constant Travellers, is a metaphysical Western Fantasy that was optioned by two motion picture studios. He has worked as a screenwriter and producer.
Basichis is Co-Founder of Corra Group, specializing in background checks and corporate research and investigation for companies around the world. He is a native of Philadelphia, but has lived most of his life in Southern California and Northern New Mexico.
He is the author of The Guys Who Spied for China," a roman a clef exposing Chinese espionage networks in the United States, a quarter finalist in Amazon's Breakthrough Novel competition. He is he author of the best selling Beautiful Bad Girl, The Vicki Morgan Story, a non-fiction novel about the international affair between department store scion, Alfred Bloomingdale, and his mistress, Vicki Morgan, that helped define exotic sexuality in the late twentieth century. His first published novel The Constant Travellers, is a metaphysical Western Fantasy that was optioned by two motion picture studios. He has worked as a screenwriter and producer.
Basichis is Co-Founder of Corra Group, specializing in background checks and corporate research and investigation for companies around the world. He is a native of Philadelphia, but has lived most of his life in Southern California and Northern New Mexico.
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Books
The Constant Travellers
by Gordon Basichis
Price: $7.99 USD. 101510 words. Published on August 5, 2010. Fiction.
Sex, drugs, and the West that never was. In this funny and philosophical tale, young Shelby Lopez encounters Thunderbird Hawkins in post Civil War America. The Indian shaman teaches Shelby of the Great Necklace and the Great Book. Their journey leads them to wisdom and an understanding of man's destiny. While set in the Old West, the novel's modern idiom is as contemporary as if it were today.
Price: $7.99 USD. 101510 words. Published on August 5, 2010. Fiction.
Sex, drugs, and the West that never was. In this funny and philosophical tale, young Shelby Lopez encounters Thunderbird Hawkins in post Civil War America. The Indian shaman teaches Shelby of the Great Necklace and the Great Book. Their journey leads them to wisdom and an understanding of man's destiny. While set in the Old West, the novel's modern idiom is as contemporary as if it were today.
Beautiful Bad Girl, The Vicki Morgan Story
by Gordon Basichis
Price: $7.99 USD. 93170 words. Published on March 9, 2010. Nonfiction.
Vicki Morgan, mistress to department store heir and Ronald Reagan confidant, Alfred Bloomingdale, lived beyond her years and died before her time, the victim of a brutal murder. Seething with power, intrigue, sex and obsession, it's a ringside seat into the darker habits of the world's rich and powerful.
Price: $7.99 USD. 93170 words. Published on March 9, 2010. Nonfiction.
Vicki Morgan, mistress to department store heir and Ronald Reagan confidant, Alfred Bloomingdale, lived beyond her years and died before her time, the victim of a brutal murder. Seething with power, intrigue, sex and obsession, it's a ringside seat into the darker habits of the world's rich and powerful.
The Guys Who Spied for China
by Gordon Basichis
Price: $7.99 USD. 67010 words. Published on March 9, 2010. Fiction.
The Guys Who Spied for China,a roman a clef exposing Chinese espionage networks in the United States, is a quirky tale of how two disparate men uncovered a network of homegrown spies that had operated in California and across the country for decades. A new twist on the spy drama, this personal and darkly humorous tale captures what it feels like to be thrust into the shadowy world of espionage.
Price: $7.99 USD. 67010 words. Published on March 9, 2010. Fiction.
The Guys Who Spied for China,a roman a clef exposing Chinese espionage networks in the United States, is a quirky tale of how two disparate men uncovered a network of homegrown spies that had operated in California and across the country for decades. A new twist on the spy drama, this personal and darkly humorous tale captures what it feels like to be thrust into the shadowy world of espionage.
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