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Gary Fidel

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I grew up in Daytona Beach, Florida and now live in New York City where I was a career prosecutor for 30 years. Since retiring in 2012, I have been writing a suspense series set in Daytona Beach featuring main character, RICK SANDS. I just finished the 4th novel in the series, SANDS KEY. I chose to self-publish this series, only as E books, and only on amazon.com. Rick has his own Facebook page: www.facebook.com/ricksandsnovels. For links to the series check out this website: www.ricksandsnovels.com. ...more

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	Daytona Sands (RICK SANDS NOVELS Book 1) 4.31 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	SANDSTORM (RICK SANDS NOVELS Book 2) 4.51 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	SANDS WRIT (RICK SANDS NOVELS Book 3) 4.17 avg rating — 24 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Think Like a Lawyer: the Art of Argument for Law Students by Gary Fidel (Goodreads Author), Linda Cantoni 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	SANDS KEY (RICK SANDS NOVELS Book 4) 3.93 avg rating — 15 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	SANDS: RICK SANDS BOX SET BOOKS 1-3 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Think Like a Lawyer by Gary Fidel (Goodreads Author), Linda Cantoni 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[The Art of Argument] [Author: Fidel, Gary] [July, 2001] by Gary Fidel (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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