Little Saigon — T. Jefferson Parker

Amateur surfer Chuck Frye feels like a wipeout. He's the prodigal son of Orange County's most powerful land baron -- and suddenly, his life is about to receive a terrifying, life-altering jolt. His brother's Vietnamese wife is kidnapped, without a ransom demand. For Chuck, what seems like a chance to prove himself, to regain his self-respect, soon becomes a harrowing, deadly adventure that takes him from lush ocean front estates into the teeming, secretive maze of California's Vietnamese community.

Just as suddenly, you, too will be immersed in one of the most suspenseful and brutal mysteries you'll ever encounter, in a world as dangerous, as exotic -- and as close to home -- as LITTLE SAIGON.