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Book SynopsisVietnam, 1963. A female Viet Cong assassin is trawling the boulevards of Saigon, catching US Army officers off-guard with a single pistol shot, then riding off on the back of a scooter. Although the US military is not officially in combat, sixteen thousand American servicemen are stationed in Vietnam 'advising' the...
Trade ReviewFor readers who enjoy history as well as a thrilling story it is always great to find a book that gives you both, especially to this extent * Crime Review *
The year is 1963 and the city is Saigon, still a humid backwater but about to become the red-hot center of a geopolitical firestorm...Jurjevics brings all of it to colorful, fragrant, often ugly life -- Jennifer Reese * New York Times *
The twist is executed with a card sharp's panache -- James Owen * Times *
steamy and atmospheric... a great gift of a novel -- Dan Fesperman, author of Safe Houses
A satisfyingly rich and complex crime novel -- Paul Burke * Crime Time *
