The Killing, by Paul M. Hedeen

Which will you sacrifice—the father that raised you, or the nation you love?

In 1979, two Americans—Stephen Psalter and Nathan Depreye—were killed on a remote Cambodian road, their deaths buried beneath the confusion and cover stories of a waning war. Thirty-five years later, their children, Juliette Depreye and Nolan Psalter, uncover a trail of deceit linking their fathers to a failed rescue mission, CIA secrets, and the narcotics trade that followed U.S. troops home.

As Juliette and Nolan dig deeper, the old ghosts of Vietnam and Kampuchea stir once more—corrupt officials, haunted veterans, and an aging killer desperate to keep history buried. The Killing moves from Long Beach to the killing fields of Cambodia in a tense, elegiac exploration of truth, guilt, and the intergenerational wounds of war.