In recent weeks, three young women have been brutally assaulted and murdered in the city of Philadelphia. Lt. William Fogarty, a time-toughened cop, hardened by personal tragedy, is shocked by the brutality of the crimes. His only lead comes from medical examiner Josef Tanaka. Half Japanese and half American, Tanaka, a skilled practitioner of the martial arts, claims to recognize the method used in the attacks: a karate strike known as nukite, or spear hand. Fogarty has nowhere else to tur...

One of the world’s top pick-up artists, Richard La Ruina went from having no women to being a true master of seduction. Now he shows you how to do the same. So move over Mystery, and tell Neil Strauss that The Rules of the Game are about to be rewritten. This complete pickup artist guide has every element of the winning pickup right here, from discovering confidence to exuding charm, learning conversation starters to mastering body language, to much more. And as you move from dayd...

The foreground of this book has largely to do with the answering of vital questions that have sprung from the suffering souls of men and women with whom the author has been sympathetically associated. Considerable attention has been given to the natural sequence of these questions in order that the answers might form a more or less orderly line of discussion. While the method of answering a particular set of questions does not permit of a strictly logical treatment of the themes, yet in th...

In "What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul," Richard La Rue Swain embarks on an intellectual and spiritual journey to address humanity's most pressing questions about the divine presence in an increasingly secular world. Through a blend of philosophical inquiry and introspective reflection, Swain offers a unique synthesis of contemporary religious thought, analyzing the ways modernity has shaped our understanding of God. The book is marked by its...

Richard La Plante's acclaimed Fogarty-Tanaka thriller series in one boxed set—includes Mantis, Leopard, Steroid Blues, and Mind Kill

One of the world’s top pick-up artists, Richard La Ruina went from having no women to being a true master of seduction. Now he shows you how to do the same. So move over Mystery, and tell Neil Strauss that The Rules of the Game are about to be rewritten. Every element of the winning pickup is right here, from discovering confidence to exuding charm, learning conversation starters to mastering body language, to much more. And as you move from daydreaming to flirtation to passion to...

Richard La Plante started riding motorcycles at sixteen, escalating from a Cushman motor scooter to a Norton Electra. An arrest ended his ride at twenty. Eighteen years later, he realized that something was missing from his life.That something was a Harley-Davidson. Middle-aged, but determined, he bought the smallest bike in the Harley fleet, an 883 Sportster—opening the floodgates to new adventures.In Hog Fever, La Plante motors from the King’s Road, London, to th...

"Never Again," Richard La Plante promised after he and his new wife completed building their family home in East Hampton, New York.But he did not keep his promise. Instead, he bought twenty acres of raw land on a mountaintop located three and half thousand miles away, in a small town that he had only visited by internet... And the nightmare began. A house in New York to sell, a massive loan to pay off for the newly purchased land, dishonest builders, some of the most stringent buil...

John Winston Flint, prominent Philadelphia physician, has been systematically tortured to death. Every bone in his body has been shattered—even the joints of his fingers and toes reduced to powder.The doctor’s hidden side is revealed when a police search turns up a collection of sadomasochistic videos in which Flint himself was the star performer—and horrifyingly, one shows a brutal rape and apparent murder.Fogarty and his friend and colleague, medical examiner Josef Tanaka...

Author Richard La Plante had always wanted to ride cross-country to Sturgis, South Dakota—to the famous motorcycle rally that has become the mecca for the American biker. But at the age of 53, still bruised from a divorce, newly remarried, and a father for the first time, he thought the trip would remain an armchair fantasy. Then came the summer of 1999. Pressured by work, another baby on the way, and being temporarily homeless, he made a decision: Escape—out of the armchair and into the s...

I felt the need to not only illustrate some biblical events as if they occurred in the present day instead of ancient times but also in the larger sense provoke some food for thought and forum for discussion.. Christianity is an ongoing process and as such a continuation of Christ's mission on earth till His Second Coming. My humble intention here is to provide a series of insights both serious and light and even both relevant and ambiguous for the viewer and reader. Enjoy and be Glad.Undo...

Richard La Plante’s engrossing fantasy-fiction saga Tegné: Soul Warrior continues with Book Two, Tegné: The Killing Blow. In the first volume, Tegné, Warlord of Zendow, has successfully faced the test of the heart and slain the Beast—his lover Neeka. Yet, now, Neeka’s spirit has returned to torment Tegné, plaguing him with visions of a post-cataclysmic land of glass and steel and an ominous presence—“The Warrior.”Fans of the first volume will definitely want to co...