The Soldier in a Shallow Grave

The Soldier in a Shallow Grave is a novella with four related short stories. John Newcomb disappears on his way home from Vietnam in 1971. The Army writes him off a deserter. Sixteen years later his body is discovered in a shallow grave at a construction site still wearing the remnants of his uniform and his dog-tags. Detective Mike Armstrong is a Vietnam Veteran assigned to the cold case.