John Schembra

A Vince Torelli Novel

1 - MP: A Novel of Vietnam (Nov-2004)
2 - Retribution (Nov-2007)
3 - Diplomatic Immunity (Mar-2012)

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  MP: A Novel of Vietnam
  

  • Nov-2004
  • / Police Procedural
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  A Vince Torelli Novel - 1
  

  June 1967 As Vincent Torelli stepped off the plane at Bien Hoa Air Base, South Vietnam, he was almost overwhelmed by the stench in the hot, humid air. He still had a hard time realizing he was in Vietnam. Drafted into the armed forces five months ear...

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  Retribution
  

  • Nov-2007
  • / Police Procedural
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  A Vince Torelli Novel - 2
  

  A former soldier who becomes a San Francisco police homicide investigator after the war, Vince Torelli is dedicated, intelligent and highly principled--all skills that serve him well given the difficult, almost impossible murder investigations he's a...

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  Diplomatic Immunity
  

  • Mar-2012
  • / Thriller
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  A Vince Torelli Novel - 3
  

  There are sixty-six Consulates and Embassies in San Francisco, and a very talented, deadly sniper is targeting the Consul Generals, seemingly at random. Homicide inspector Vince Torelli has a reputation for solving the toughest cases in the City, but...

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  Sin Eater
  

  • Nov-2016
  • / Thriller
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  The shocking murder of a professor at San Donorio State College brings the city police to investigate, with Campus Police Officer Sarah Ferris as the college liaison. Sarah's friend, Nico Guardino, a history professor at the college, gets drawn into ...

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  Blood Debt
  

  • Nov-2019
  • / Police Procedural
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  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...

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  The List
  

  • May-2021
  • / Police Procedural
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  A recently mutilated, naked corpse is found in an early 19th-century tunnel under San Francisco. With no forensic evidence, solving the crime seems impossible.After San Francisco Homicide Inspector Vince Torelli begins investigating, notes from the k...

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  An Echo of Lies
  

  • Oct-2022
  • / General Fiction
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  The prospects for recovery for Officer Bob Kelly were not good. Shot twice during a traffic stop, the emergency room doctors had worked feverishly to save his life. Four weeks later, to the doctor's surprise, Kelly walked out of the hospital and went...

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  Southern Justness
  

  • Mar-2023
  • / Police Procedural
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  A former soldier who becomes a San Francisco police homicide investigator after the war, Vince Torelli is dedicated, intelligent and highly principled--all skills that serve him well given the difficult, almost impossible murder investigations he's a...

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