Up Country
New York, N.Y. Warner Books, Inc., 2003. First U.S. Paperback Printing [stated]. Mass market paperback. [16], 859, [5] pages. Includes map of Vietnam. Book 1: Washington, D.C.; Book 2: Saigon; Book 3, Nha Trang; Book 4, Highway One; Book 5, Hue; Book 6, Hanoi. The book ends with "Acknowledgments and Other Matters." Nelson Richard DeMille (born August 23, 1943) is an American author of action adventure and suspense novels. His novels include Plum Island, The Charm School, and The Gold Coast. DeMille has also written under the pen names Jack Cannon, Kurt Ladner, Ellen Kay and Brad Matthews. He was a First Lieutenant in the United States Army (1966–69) and saw action as an infantry platoon leader with the First Cavalry Division in Vietnam. He was decorated with the Air Medal, Bronze Star, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry, and was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge. DeMille’s earlier books were NYPD detective novels. His first major novel was By the Rivers of Babylon, published in 1978 and still in print, as are all his succeeding novels. He is a member of American Mensa, the Authors Guild, and past president of the Mystery Writers of America. He is a member of the International Thriller Writers, who honored him as 2015 ThrillerMaster of the Year. DeMille authored of By the Rivers of Babylon, Cathedral, The Talbot Odyssey, Word of Honor, The Charm School, The Gold Coast, The General’s Daughter, Spencerville, Plum Island, The Lion’s Game, Up Country, Night Fall, Wild Fire, The Gate House, The Lion, The Panther, The Quest, Radiant Angel, and The Cuban Affair. He co-authored Mayday with Thomas Block and The Deserter with his son, Alex DeMille. Former army homicide investigator Paul Brenner has just gotten used to the early retirement forced on him after the disastrous end of his last case when his old commanding officer asks him to return for one final mission: investigate a murder that took place in wartime Vietnam thirty years before. Brenner reluctantly accepts out of curiosity and loyalty,,and maybe a touch of boredom. He won't be bored for long. Derived from a Kirkus review: DeMille’s biggest yet deserves high points for entertainment and readability. Up Country is a sequel to The General’s Daughter with DeMille’s Army homicide detective Paul Brenner. Up Country turns on a bloody central event and an imponderable moral problem: Brenner’s old boss Colonel K. Karl Hellman, head of the Criminal Investigation Division, calls the retired Chief Warrant Officer Brenner back in for a special op. Brenner’s sent back to Vietnam, where he did two tours during the war, to look into a murder that took place 30 years ago. A Vietnamese soldier wrote a letter to his brother, later recovered by the CID, that told of an American captain shooting a fellow lieutenant in the Treasury Building within the Citadel in Quan Tri City, then looting the treasury’s safe. This monster later ran a black market that rewarded him with big money. Colonel Hellman actually knows who this captain is, but wants Brenner to investigate cold and see what he can find out as hard evidence for a military trial. Brenner lands in Saigon and falls in with Susan Weber, a businesswoman who sticks to him throughout his investigation and is, of course, far more deadly than she seems. T The climax lands Brenner in the same hot water that got him retired/fired. Condition: Good.
Keywords: Homicide, Detective, Paul Brenner, Murder, Vietnam War, Karl Hellman, Criminal Investigation, Special Operation, Robbery, Susan Weber
ISBN: 0446611913
[Book #80198]
Price: $15.00