“…[Basinski] knows his subject matter well.”
SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE
 
“…the next Joseph Wambaugh…”
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Would-Be Priest Turns to Crime

Crime-busting, that is. Tom Basinski, author of NO GOOD DEED, is a retired 34-year veteran police officer who almost became a priest. After five years in the seminary, he earned a degree in English literature but decided against a Catholic priest’s collar.

Basinski launched his professional writing career while still a homicide detective for the Chula Vista, California Police Department. NO GOOD DEED is his first book, but over the years he has written over 125 true crime stories published in various pulp magazines.

NO GOOD DEED is a true crime story set in San Diego. It took three years to solve and has many twists and turns on the road to conviction. Read more about Tom Basinski.

 

NEWS:
After having her conviction overturned by the court of appeal, and backed up by the supreme court, a jury convicted Ny Nourn of second-degree murder on November 30,2007. The same jury acquitted her of arson in the burning of David Stevens' car. By law she will be sentenced to 15-years to life in prison on January 18, 2008. Ronald Barker has exhausted his appeals and is serving life-without-parole.