Riddle of the Five Buddhas

Leaving an abusive father eighteen-year old Christie marries Marine pilot Kenneth Doran just before his Vietnam assignment. There he joins a plot to steal U.S. Embassy money. As the war ends Ken's plane crashes. Injured and suffering from amnesia he is befriended by northern Thai Hmong villagers.Concurrently senior Vietnamese officials illegally transfer millions of state-owned funds to Swiss banks. The secret numbers are concealed in five Buddha statuettes to enable them to claim funds later.Working in a San Francisco gift shop Christie accidentally acquires several Buddhas. An American journalist and the CIA tracing the stolen money pursue Christie. Discovery of Ken's survival takes Christie to Thailand and involvement in searching for the hidden money and gold.