Burning Moon — Richard Barre

Jimmy Tien and his pregnant girlfriend, Wen, were on a small boat that sank in rough weather off the Southern California coast. Jimmy's father, Vinh Tien, a former North Vietnamese soldier, doesn't believe that his son's death was an accident and hires private investigator Wil Hardesty to learn if there is a connection between Jimmy's death and his work for his crime boss uncle. Wil, a Vietnam vet, is reluctant to work for a man who was once his enemy, but when federal agents tell him that Jimmy was on their pad as an informer, he changes his mind. The case takes on broader, more dangerous implications for Wil when he's unwillingly drawn into a turf war between Vietnamese and Chinese gangsters.