Rand R. Timmerman
Born in 1946, the author, Rand R. Timmerman, Esq. grew up in a small village, Adams, New York, which had more cows than people! He attended Oswego State University for three semesters. In March 1966 he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and served primarily with the 1st Marines in Vietnam, reaching the rank of Corporal. He was promoted temporarily to 2d Lieutenant in Vietnam for the last few months.
After that combat experience, he went to Officer Candidate School, and the Basic school, and then Judge Advocate General [JAG} school. Thereafter he served as a JAG officer and was honorably discharged as a 1st Lieutenant after four years of service. In 1970 he attended Syracuse University acquiring his BA degree and graduated summa cum laude from Syracuse law school in 1975.
Thereafter he worked for a short time for a small company, and then was self-employed 40 years via three separate law firms serving Saint Lawrence, Jefferson, Oswego, Lewis and Ononadaga Counties. Since retiring in 2012 the author has written numerous books and short stories, including one regarding hiking the Appalachian Trail with his brother in 2018 and 2019.
The author is married with four daughters and seven grandchildren, and spends half his time in Knoxville, Tenn. He also participates in and performs services in an alcoholic recovery program.The author is married with four daughters and seven grandchildren and lives in Syracuse, New York.
In Syracuse Hitman v. The Shoe Repairman: A Spiritual Passage of Redemption, a notorious hitman with a brutal past and a mathematical mind begins a slow, staggering path toward redemption after entering recovery. Set in gritty, working-class Syracuse, New York, the story unfolds across dual timelines—one tracing Ronnie Rhode’s violent rise through the criminal underworld, the other following Tim Randall who stumbles into the remnants of Ronnie’s world decades later when he enters the shoe repair shop owned by timid Billy Cranny.
As Ronnie confronts the demons of addiction, incarceration, and his shattered sense of self, Tim finds himself pulled into a web of past crimes, shadowy threats, and unexpected spiritual reckonings. Their fates, inexplicably linked by a simple shoe repair shop and a series of life-altering meetings, collide in a narrative that explores the price of violence—and the quiet, daily work of atonement.
Inspired by true events and shaped by raw honesty, Syracuse Hitman v. The Shoe Repairman is a redemption thriller rooted in faith, grit, and the real-world complexities of healing after a life of harm.
