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 assigned to handle that force him to the razor edge with equally resolute, extremely ruthless masterminds.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 killer, addressed to him, start showing up. Vince realizes this murder may be the first of several, leading Vince on a deadly multi-state investigation.
This was a fascinating and informative read, set in the San Francisco area and highlighting the system of tunnels that once existed beneath the city, and which are now largely obliterated. The murder victims in this mystery have been posed in various tunnels to which the police have been directed. The murderer is challenging SFPD's chief detective, Vince Torelli, to find him; his victims are those who taunted him years back when they were all in school. Who's going to win?