The family of a murder suspect killed in a shoot-out with SFPD comes to the City, seeking revenge against Vince Torelli and the other involved SFPD officers.
San Francisco Homicide Investigator and Vietnam veteran Vince Torelli strives to clean up the violence in San Francisco, but, after a suspect in a double murder is killed during an attempted arrest, he finds himself also protecting the police officers he considers family. His efforts put him in the line of fire when he's targeted. The brother of the suspect victim wants revenge on the officers responsible and he'll stop at nothing. He kidnaps Vince, a man obsessively loyal to his job as well as those he works alongside, a man as smart and committed to his principles as the criminals he catches almost without fail. Vince knows best, though, a blood debt always demands payment…
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Review by Larry Deibert: Great Cop Story
Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2020
If you like great cop stories, Blood Debt is right up your alley. Drawing on his two-year stint as a Military Policeman in Vietnam, and his nearly 30 years as a California cop, retiring as a sergeant, John Schembra takes you on a roller coaster ride through the streets of San Francisco, and the hills of Tennessee. Inspector Vince Torelli, protagonist of three novels is investigating a homicide, Jimmy Lee Jackson, the perp, is killed during a raid on his apartment. His brother, Aldon returns to Tennessee with Jimmy's body and vows a blood debt against Torelli. A life for a life. After returning to SF and killing a couple of cops, Aldon returns to Tennessee, followed by Vince. Aldon Jackson goes to ground, and Vince has to find him to bring him back to San Francisco to pay for his crimes. In a confrontation on the mountain, Aldon disappears and Vince heads home, but to Aldon, the blood debt must be paid, and he heads back to the west coast.
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