Vietnam, 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 military and government. Among them are Ellsworth Miser and Clovis Robeson, two army investigators who have been tasked with tracking down the daring killer.

Set in the besieged capital of a new nation on the eve of the coup that would bring down the Diem regime and launch the Americans into the Vietnam War, Play the Red Queen is a tour-de-force mystery-cum-social history, breathtakingly atmospheric and heartbreakingly alive with the laws and lawlessness of war.

A TIMES/SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR

About the Author
Juris Jurjevics (1943-2018) was born in Latvia and grew up in Displaced Persons camps in Germany before emigrating to the United States.

Reviews
For 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 *



Book Information
ISBN 9780857304094
Author Juris Jurjevics
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint No Exit Press
Publisher Bedford Square Publishers