Up Country
InUp Country, Nelson DeMille cannily revives the army career of  Chief Warrant Officer Paul Brenner, the cynical, hardworking Criminal  Investigation Division man who was forcibly retired after solving the high-profile killing inThe General's  Daughter. Brenner's called back to investigate the murder of a young  army lieutenant by his captain. The catch is, the crime took place during the  heat of the Tet Offensive, and the only living witness was a North Vietnamese  soldier who described the incident in a 30-year-old letter that has only  recently come to light. Soon Brenner, a Vietnam vet, is on an ostensible  nostalgia tour of his old stomping grounds. The trip immediately turns dangerous  as he heads "up country" to search for the letter writer, accompanied by a  gorgeous American businesswoman, who's hiding more than even the smartest CID  officer could imagine.DeMille, who saw his own tour of duty in Vietnam (and even found a letter on a  dead Vietnamese soldier), intersperses historical facts and chilling political  possibilities with enough local color to provide some serious flashbacks for his  fellow veterans. To non-vets the book may seem very long, but the payoff at the  end is worth a couple hundred extra pages.--Barrie Trinkle--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.