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Bill Manning

Bill Manning is retired to the lower eastern shore of Delaware after forty years in law enforcement. As a homicide detective he was known for his precisely written, vividly detailed crime reports.  He puts these skills to work in this riveting murder mystery chiller. His latest work, The Three Furies is a fictional spellbinder. Suspense grips the reader to each and every page until the crime is solved. Manning's forceful literary imagination runs like the blood of the murdered.

      Excerpt:

Hawke was playing with the scales on the Statue of Justice on his desk. “Did you ever wonder who this statue is modeled after?” he asked.

Larry Donahue,  the District Attorney answered his question. “When I was a law student at Georgetown , I took Greek mythology as an elective.”

 He pointed to the statue.  “Her name is Themis, the goddess of law, order and justice.  She was born to Uranus, the first ruler of the universe, the heavens and of Gara, ruler of the earth.  They had twelve children called Titans, six men and six women.  Uranus was afraid his children were going to rebel against him, so he imprisoned them.  Cronus, one of his sons with the rest of the Titans, and the help of Gara, disposed of him and ruled the universe.  They castrated him thereby taking away his power.  From the blood of Uranus that fell to the earth sprang 'The Three Furies', the goddesses of revenge, jealousy and murder.  Their function was to punish wrongs committed against blood relatives, regardless of the circumstances.  When called upon to act they hounded their victims until they died in torment.  They should be called the Statue of Justice.  The Three Furies were ugly.  They were usually represented by three ugly withered old women with bat wings, dog heads and snakes for hair.  How’s that for a lesson in Greek mythology men.  Now there’s some vigilantes I wouldn’t want on my ass."

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About the book:

     An orphan boy was left on the doorstep of Santa and Mrs. Claus  on a cold wintry night.  He was adopted, named Junior and raised as their own son.  Junior grew up and became friends with a girl elf named Harmony.

      One day two north pole villains, Mean the polar bear and Nasty the wolf, decided to kidnap Mama Claus and hold her for ransom or Christmas would be destroyed.  Junior and Harmony devised a plan to rescue Mama Claus, capture the bad guys and save Christmas.

       This is a story to be enjoyed by all ages.