(Hardcover)
One good cop. One part-time hooker. Both dead.
Michael Griffin is a cop. Narcotics. Tough as nails. The man you want at your back when things get bad; the man to avoid if you are bad. His friends have been murdered; one tagged a suicide, the other discarded like yesterday's garbage. But Griffin values his friends, doesn't sort them by race or profession, and he wants justice. True justice. If he can't get it from within the system, he'll take his game out of bounds, rules be damned.
The Vendetta is the story of Griffin's illegal pursuit of renegade "white boys" responsible for a string of brutal murders. Cops and mobsters, wives and lovers, hookers and dealers, meet them all as Griffin plunges into the murky depths of the underworld. Street-smarts and gut instinct put him on the trail, pure determination keeps him alive when he becomes the hunted, and don't-give-a-damn courage carries him through to the end of his quest.
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June 01, 2008: In ?The Vendetta? Michael Tyler has given us a front row seat into the world of cops, drugs and violence. In a rural North Carolina town Dave Griffin is a cop taking each day as it comes until a fellow cop and good friend?s death is ruled a suicide. Griffin knows without a doubt that it was murder and engages in a one man war against those responsible. Michael Tyler?s experience in law enforcement gives him the ability to write with realism and accurately portray life on the streets. The interaction between the characters in the police squad is reminiscent of the members of Ed McBain?s 87th Precinct. The language is rough, the violence is gory and the plot is tough and intricate?. just the way it is in real life. ?The Vendetta? is everything a crime fiction novel should be.
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October 06, 2007: The Vendetta is an awesome book that kept my attention from the first page to the last! I took it on vacation to Acapulco to read on the beach and by the pool and I think my hubby was mad because I was more into the book than I was him 'and it was our 25th anniversary vacation!'. Seriously...if you like fast pace adventure, non-stop action...at times leaving your heart racing, then this book is for you! An awesome book that leaves me 'begging' for the next one! By the way...when I finished the book, hubby read it and also loved it! He understood why I couldn't put it down!!