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TOM BASINSKI IN THE MEDIA

San Diego Magazine, May 2006
The next Joseph Wambaugh? "Basinski chronicles the three-year investigation into one of the county’s more bizarre murders with passion, grit and hard-boiled realism."

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San Diego Union-Tribune  
"... Tom Basinski, a former investigator with the San Diego District Attorney's Office, tells the story behind the investigation that ultimately leads to the successful prosecution of two defendants. .... (Basinski) knows his subject matter well."

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The Espresso, June 2006  
"One never really knows how many degrees of separation one may be from doom, or where disaster may come from, and Basinski winds this subtext casually through the story. It's a good tactic; his book hard to put down."

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Press Release  

SAN DIEGO—First time author Tom Basinski’s NO GOOD DEED, was quickly snapped up by renowned publisher Penguin Putnam and fast-tracked into publication for a May 3, 2006 national release by Penguin’s Berkley True Crimes Books division.

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San Diego Magazine, July 2006  
Tom Basinski writes about another local crime in "Hook, Line and Sucker, the Anatomy of a Scam," the story of a local attorney and his girlfriend who bilked family and friends out of a million dollars.

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San Diego Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, June 2006  
Tom Basinski received a First Place Award for a San Diego Magazine feature story titled "Mike Aguirre: The Raging Bull of City Hall." The judges said: "The best in a competitive category. Michael Aguirre's personality and heavy-handed approach are really driven home via writer's gritty and no-nonsense description. First-person storytelling at its finest. "