Combining the Eastern exoticism of "Rising Sun" with the gripping serial-killer intensity of "The Silence of the Lambs," "Leopard" is the terrifying sequel to Richard La Plante's acclaimed first thriller "Mantis."
Medical examiner Josef Tanaka returns to his native Japan for the first time in fifteen years to learn that his brother has been savagely murdered. To find the killer, he must rediscover his Japanese heritage-and plunge into the mysterious world of ritual tattooing, sumo wrestling, and the Yakuza. But Tanaka faces something even more deadly than gangsters: The Leopard, a...
Combining the Eastern exoticism of "Rising Sun" with the gripping serial-killer intensity of "The Silence of the Lambs," "Leopard" is the terrifyin...
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, also discover that Flint was selling massive quantities of illegal steroids to hardcore bodybuilders. In a...
John Winston Flint, prominent Philadelphia physician, has been systematically tortured to death. Every bone in his body has been shattered-even the...
Incarcerated cult leader Justin Gabriel, convicted of ordering his followers to kill, has spent ten years honing his mind control abilities. His parole hearing is approaching-his one and only shot at freedom-and he is determined to silence anyone who might speak against him. Taking the form of a giant predatory bird, Gabriel terrorizes his enemies-those who got him convicted-through their dreams, causing heart attacks or insanity. The last survivor is ex-cop Bill Fogarty, now retired and enjoying a new life and love. Gabriel invades Fogarty's dreams with terrifying visions, eventually causing...
Incarcerated cult leader Justin Gabriel, convicted of ordering his followers to kill, has spent ten years honing his mind control abilities. His parol...
A near-fatal mistake during the attempted bust by the cops leaves a bullet lodged in the right temporal lobe of Charlie's brain. Operating to remove it would likely kill Charlie. Living with it will change him forever. Two men linked forever by a tangle of lies and twisted loyalties. Two men who could not be more dissimilar-or more the same. When they meet again, for one it will be the Last Day.
A near-fatal mistake during the attempted bust by the cops leaves a bullet lodged in the right temporal lobe of Charlie's brain. Operating to remove i...
Real Strength Now, The Lost Art of Breathing, written as an easy-to-read memoir, is a holistic guide to better health. Written in La Plante's usual raw, self-deprecating and honest style, the book chronicles his journey from a broken neck and a full body cast to a 3rd degree black belt in karate and a passion for strength training. Real Strength Now digs deep into various systems and methods of physical and mental training to locate and define the essence of all movement and exercise, and the single most neglected aspect of our health, mental and physical... the breath. Real...
Real Strength Now, The Lost Art of Breathing, written as an easy-to-read memoir, is a holistic guide to better health. Written in La Plante's u...
