Club Saigon

by Martin Robert Grossman

Overview

There are only two guarantees’ we get in life—a slap on the ass when we’re born and a shovel full of dirt in our face when we die. In between we just try to survive in places like Vietnam. When four members of Special Forces A-Detachment 255 (Green Berets) finish their tour in Vietnam and return to 1969 America, things don’t always go as planned. Over there at least, you knew who the enemy was, and you left a calling card on their bodies after you aced them. Jerry Andrews is a successful L.A police detective. His friend, Willy Beal, is a down-and-outer who never got over his wartime experiences and relies on booze and drugs to get him through his long dark days and nights. People start dying and Andrews discovers the connections between his past and the present. He must visit the member’s-only Club Saigon, a place he’d rather not go, to find the killer and stop the slaughter.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781633934511
Publisher:	Koehler Books
Publication date:	07/25/2017
Pages:	412
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.92(d)

About the Author

Martin Robert Grossman is the author of three best-selling children's books, Oscar the Otter, The Pigs of Lake Hood, and in 2016, Totems of Seldovia. His books have received stirring reviews in the local media in his hometown of Anchorage, and throughout Alaska. He has been a featured writer at the Alaska Writers Conference and has been an author in residence at many lodges and libraries statewide. He has written articles and served as a war correspondent for the Los Angeles Times and the Los Angeles Herald Examiner. During the Vietnam War he served with the elite 5th Special Forces (Green Berets) of the United States Army.

Editorial Reviews

“Club Saigon is a murder mystery with an abundance of intrigue, plenty of action and never lacking in interest or excitement.”

—James Clendenin, 5th Special Forces/A-243 RVN 1968, Orange County Deputy Sheriff

“Club Saigon reminds me of the gritty Matt Helm stories I read back in the 1960s. His lead character, Police Detective Jerry Andrews, is jaded, ruthless, pragmatic, and yet somehow competent—I can’t put it down!”

—Jerry L England, US Army, 7th SFG, Airborne, Author of Reel Cowboys of the Santa Susana’s

“Club Saigon is a fast-paced, action packed murder thriller that is equal parts police and military drama. In addition to entertaining his readers, Mr. Grossman sheds much needed light on the struggles too many Vietnam Veterans continue to face to this day.”

—David R. King, LTC(R), U.S. Army

“Club Saigon hits the nail right on the head: If the career politicians send American GI’s to fight, then the career politicians should get out of the way, and let the career military do the job. It made no sense to me that the politicians in Washington, D.C. were making us GI’s play by the Marquess of Queensberry Rules . . . which wasted 50,000+ GI lives.”

—Howard Sanger, Esq, 1/83 Arty RVN

“Club Saigon - a realistically gritty crime drama that succeeds in painting a vivid picture of the unspoken struggles often experienced by Vietnam Veterans long after returning home.”

— SSgt Mark Dehe, U.S. Air Force

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