Thinnes refuses to be isolated from the matter, particularly when he hears murmurs of the infamous "White Tiger" resurfacing on the streets of Chicago. The White Tiger had been the scourge of Saigon back in the early seventies when Thinnes had served there as a military policeman. He keeps up-to-date through his female partner, Detective Franchi, and offers his comments along the way.

Detective Thinnes is shocked by the suggestion that he might have fathered the woman's son, especially since there was a night -actually the wedding night of his army buddy and his Vietnamese bride- when Thinnes was drunk and could not account for several hours and woke up naked in his friend's apartment. He seeks the help of his old friend, also a Vietnam vet, Dr. Jack Caleb, a psychiatrist. He needs to know what happened during those blanked-out hours. The therapy creates unwelcome flashbacks of war for both doctor and patient, but helps lead to the insight that eventually unravels the case.

Michael Allen Dymmoch is an extremely talented author and her work seems to get better with every book. Her characters speak in everyday language and appear completely natural and well-suited to their roles in her stories. Everybody is who they should be. The writing style flows so smoothly and easily that you never get tired or bored with her books. The plots keep turning up surprises at exactly the right places to keep the action moving nonstop.

This is a book for everybody. It makes bold statements. It's exciting without being gory, and worldly without being offensive. You'll fall in love with Dymmoch's style.