A good friend of mine (NOT!) told me what a good writer Ms. Palmer is a few years ago. I read one or two of the small paperbacks. They were ok. But this one! Give me a break. A agree with another reviewer. This guy is too yound to have been a soldier in Vietnam. Do the math! And the heroine! What a wimp. And anybody that thinks this novel is a "good police procedural" combined with romance has never read authors like J.D. Robb or Patricial Cornwell. The bookstore clerk told me she had never know anyone to bring one of this author's novels back for a refund. First time for everything. If I ever read one again, it will be paperback, and used!