This is one of Ms. Gerritsen's earlier books which falls into the category of romantic suspense. Willy Maitland is looking for her father who was downed in Viet Nam twenty years earlier while flying for Air America. Guy Barnard is also looking for Wild Bill who is suspected of being a traitor to the USA known as Friar Tuck.
I vaguely remember a movie called Air America with Mel Gibson and Robert Downey Jr, and that's all I know about the company which flew supplies (legal and illegal) into Southeast Asia for the CIA. Willy and Guy are personable enough but I did wonder about their propensity to leave the people who aided them behind, usually dead. It seemed like they should be a bit more aware of involving others in their search for Willy's father.
The suspense part was pretty good though it wasn't as good as Ms. Gerritsen's later works. It's a quick and interesting read. ( )

good book, fast read

bit long and involved for me. I think this needed more content or to be a novella ( )

'Dit is zinloos. Natuurlijk is je vader dood'

Willy's vader is een van de vele vermisten die de oorlog in Vietnam heeft opgeleverd. Sinds 1970, het jaar waarin zijn vliegtuig vlak bij de grens met Noord-Vietnam boven Laos is neergehaald, heeft niemand meer iets gehoord of gezien van 'Wild Bill' Maitland. Dood? Willy heeft het nooit kunnen accepteren, en nu haar moeder stervende is, besluit ze een laatste poging te wagen.

In Vietnam komt ze aanvankelijk geen millimeter veder. Niet alleen ontsnapt ze ternauwernood aan een aanslag, de autoriteiten werken haar aan alle kanten tegen. Pas wanneer ze in aanraking komt met Guy Barnard, een ex-militair met een onduidelijk verleden maar waardevolle connecties, komt er een beetje schot in de zaak. Een zaak waarin een dode meer of minder niet blijkt te tellen...

I bought this book in a 2-pack (in combination with Whistleblower) after I read the 10 Rizzoli & Isles detectives. And to be quite honest, in the beginning I thought that I could better skip this one... a story about the Vietnam war? OMG? But although there was a lot of talking about the war in the 70ies the most important part was the story of Willy Maitland, a young woman who is looking for her father, a pilot who got lost during the war. Occasionally I could have done with less damsel in distress and more independent woman, but what the h..., then there wouldn't be the chance of that sweet romance with ex-army officer Guy Barnard who is looking for mister Maitland, too. And while all those secret adversaries try to hinder and kill young Willy, Guy is determined to safe her. So, in fact it's a love story, dipped in a sauce of mystery and murder. Why not. ( )