Watchman of Saigon: Black Elephant; Siamese Charm; Lucky American

Here's a story of mystery and love that takes place during future president John F. Kennedy's only trip to Indochina. It's a tale of theft and murder, intrigue and corruption. It's also an elegy to the land of Vietnam and a tale of love between an American correspondent and a woman in Saigon that'll break your heart. This historical novel is set in a carefully-researched period of American, French and Asian history: Indochina in a time of war with acts of sacrifice and honor and, inevitably, loss. A variation on the story, without the Kennedys, and told from a Vietnamese woman's point of view, is available as The Girl from Perfume River. That version is set in 1954, at the end of French rule in Indochina.