Richard La Plante: 13 books

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,...

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...

"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...

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...

Mastery of the martial arts is a hallmark of the works of Richard La Plante. His heroes have carried readers into the heart of the warrior's craft—but never more so than in Tegne: Soul Warrior. As the boy grows to manhood, he becomes a fighting machine, but though he can defeat his teachers in battle,...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

From his first breath, people know that John Reed is special. Gifted with an uncanny awareness and ability to communicate, he also possess the power to heal. Before long, a local priest heralds the infant as a new messiah, inadvertently drawing the attention of Neo Tech, part of a clandestine organization...

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...

23 very well-known people from the arts, sport, and business worlds talk about how dyslexia affected their childhood, how they were able to overcome the challenges and use the special strengths of dyslexia to achieve great success in adulthood. Darcey Bussell CBE, Eddie Izzard, Sir Richard Branson,...