Andrew Lanh

A Rick Van Lam Mystery

1 - Caught Dead (Nov-2014)
2 - Return to Dust (Oct-2015)
3 - No Good to Cry (Jul-2016)
4 - Child of My Winter (Jul-2017)

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  Caught Dead
  

  • Nov-2014
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  A Rick Van Lam Mystery - 1
  

  One of the beautiful Le sisters is dead. Hartford, Connecticut’s small Vietnamese community is stunned. Mary Le Vu, wife of a poor grocery-store owner, is gunned down in a drive-by. Her twin sister insists dutiful Mary “wouldn’t be caught deadâ...

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  Return to Dust
  

  • Oct-2015
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  A Rick Van Lam Mystery - 2
  

  When Marta Kowalski is discovered beneath the Farmington River Bridge, the police write off her death as an unfortunate suicide. Marta had become depressed since the death of an old friend. Marta was a simple woman who cleaned houses, mostly for elde...

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  No Good to Cry
  

  • Jul-2016
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  A Rick Van Lam Mystery - 3
  

  On a sunny afternoon in Hartford, Connecticut, PI Rick Van Lam’s Vietnam-vet mentor and partner, Jimmy, and Jimmy’s old army pal, Ralph, are attacked as they walk down a city sidewalk. Ralph is killed, and Jimmy, backing up, is struck by a car. W...

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  Child of My Winter
  

  • Jul-2017
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  A Rick Van Lam Mystery - 4
  

  Amerasian Rick―his father an unknown US soldier―is one of the Bui Doi, children of the dust, so often rejected by Vietnamese culture. Rick was lucky―ending up in Hartford, Connecticut where he’s made a life as an insurance investigator after ...

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  My Brother's Keeper
  

  • Dec-2019
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  Back during the Vietnam War era two brothers from a quiet coastal Connecticut town clashed. One, a fiery anti-war protester, became a draft dodger in Toronto, Canada, while the other fought in Vietnam. They came to blows at their mother’s funeral. ...

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