THE MANUAL is available at rcplatte.com We nonbelievers need our own testament, one providing dating advice, universal rules of the road, fashion tips, directions to happier places, a revised Ten Commandments, and suggestions on how to joyfully embrace an absurd universe, presented in story form. For instance, It’s a criminal case, and the city’s police department captain will be a juror unless the defense attorney asks the judge to excuse him. It would be malpractice not to. Or would it? A life-long source of inspiration: Negro League baseball players. Having a drink and a cigar with Mark Twain, while discussing romance and philosophy. A local newsstand owner and manager are accused of selling pornography—a magazine that seems to encourage rape and child molestation—and most people think they’re guilty as hell. There’s no fee in it, and taking over the case will draw a lot of fire. Plotting a course to true love. How Sam Clemens’s white “I don’t give a damn” suit helped a timid lawy
Paperback – June 9, 2021 by Kathleen Elizabeth Sumpton (Author), Peter J Perry (Author) Have you ever come face to face with the devil? In a tapestry of sports, business, and dating, there is an evil presence that is not quite visible to anyone: The Bedroom Strangler. A serial killer that scales fifteen storey buildings, enters through the balcony, and stealthily slithers under the bedroom bed, with the sole intent of raping and murdering innocent women in their sleep. He has been classified as the worst serial killer in Ontario history and Canada's most dangerous criminal ever, operating at the height of London's 40 year serial killer period, from 1974 - 1978. The Bedroom Strangler is a member of a gym. It is the same gym the protagonist managed during the 1970's. Members of the gym trained and worked out together, never knowing their friend's true nature. In fact, Mike even introduced the killer to a female member friend at a gym party, a woman who lived in the same b