Betrayed

by Brendan DuBois

Jason Harper was twelve when his brother was reported missing in action in Vietnam. He considered his brother dead, but thirty years later a knock on the door heralded the arrival of his long-lost brother and the beginning of a terrifying journey of revenge.

Genres: Thriller, Action, Fiction

512 pages, Paperback

First published June 23, 2003

About the author

Brendan DuBois of New Hampshire is the award-winning author of twenty novels and more than 150 short stories. His novel, "Resurrection Day," won the Sidewise Award for Best Alternative History Novel of the Year.

In addition to his thrillers, Brendan DuBois is the author of the Lewis Cole mystery series.

He is currently working on a number of writing projects with New York Times bestselling author James Patterson,

He is also a one-time "Jeopardy!" gameshow champion, and a co-winner of the trivia gameshow "The Chase."

His short fiction has appeared in Playboy, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Analog, and numerous other magazines and anthologies including “The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century,” published in 2000 by Houghton-Mifflin. Another one of his short stories appeared in in "The Year's Best Science Fiction 22nd Annual Collection" (St. Martin's Griffin, 2005) edited by Gardner Dozois

His short stories have twice won him the Shamus Award from the Private Eye Writers of America, and have also earned him three Edgar Allan Poe Award nominations from the Mystery Writers of America. Visit his website at www.BrendanDuBois.com.
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Reviews

[Elaine and Tess the Springer. I won’t be on GR for a bit. · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really fantastic read. I could never have guessed how this book played out. I definitely recommend reading this.

[Elaine and Tess the Springer. I won’t be on GR for a bit. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Overall it was a good book.

[Mr Roy Davidson · Rating 4 out of 5]

498 pages

[Mark Pitman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Roy Harper's B-52 was shot down over Vietnam in 1972. Jason Harper grew up with vague memories of his older brother while his mother never admits his MIA brother was really dead. Thirty year later a 'lost' man knocks on Jason's door at 10:00 PM. His wife does not want to let the man into their home. When Jason realizes it is his long lost brother it starts a violent chain of events that kills several innocents, and some not so innocent, and finally reveals the truth about the surviving MIA's.

[Mike · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall a good book. I kept expecting the author to turn the story into a "made for movie" ending and was pleasantly surprised by some of the twists in plot. That is not to say that it did not have some elements of a "storybook" ending but most of the plot was believable and kept me on my toes.

[L J]

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[Mieczyslaw Kasprzyk · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another enjoyable almost-cliche from DuBois, this time concerning America's Vietnam War Missing in Action conspiracy theories.

[Jen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fast paced and exciting. Even better because I used to live in that location!

[Paige Kuether · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved it, exciting and an added bonus was that it took place in NH and Maine.

[Steve Pillinger · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a truly gripping mystery-thriller that just keeps you turning the pages! One of the best by DuBois. About American airmen, supposedly missing in action during the Vietnam War, who instead spend decades locked away in a remote prison in Russia. Then one of them escapes, with a single mission: to make known how they were abandoned and betrayed by their own government...