Books by Peter T. Deutermann and Complete Book Reviews
Peter T. Deutermann, Author St. Martin's Press $7.5 (582p) ISBN 978-0-312-95179-5
This satisfying naval detective story pits a maverick Navy captain against a Libyan sub that is dispatched off the coast of Florida in retaliation for the 1986 bombing of Tripoli. (Feb.)
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Peter T. Deutermann, Author St. Martin's Press $25.95 (384p) ISBN 978-0-312-20375-7
Flexing his considerable prowess at plotting as well as his ability to generate believable, sympathetic characters, Deutermann (Option Zero) delivers his most accomplished thriller yet. Two plot lines evolve, then converge. One concerns the plight...
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Peter T. Deutermann, Author St. Martin's Press $25.95 (384p) ISBN 978-0-312-19210-5
Deutermann's latest (after Sweepers) is a topnotch topical thriller bursting with the expected expertise and insider knowledge he picked up as a Navy captain and arms control specialist. It's also something else: an unexpectedly resonant portrait of
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Peter T. Deutermann, Author St. Martin's Press $23.95 (322p) ISBN 978-0-312-15669-5
Set mostly in sheltered, affluent Virginia but reaching back to the war in Vietnam, Deuterman's (Official Privilege) latest military detective thriller pits a freshly minted admiral against a ruthless Navy SEAL intent on revenge for an act committed
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Peter T. Deutermann, Author St. Martin's Press $23.95 (392p) ISBN 978-0-312-11996-6
The author of The Edge of Honor Scorpion in the Sea delivers another fine suspense novel enhanced by solid background detail. When the mummified body of a murdered naval lieutenant is discovered in a decommissioned ship in the Philadelphia naval...
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Peter T. Deutermann, Author St. Martin's Press $22.95 (456p) ISBN 978-0-312-11051-2
Deutermann delivers a lot more than the standard military thriller in his second novel (after Scorpion in the Sea) , though there is certainly plenty of high-tech weaponry and violent action surrounding the mission of the U.S.S. John Bell Hood in...
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Peter T. Deutermann, Author St. Martin's Press $24.95 (352p) ISBN 978-0-312-26979-1
Part action novel, part spy thriller, this explosive tour de force follows the adventures of aging superspy Edwin Kreiss, retired under a cloud, who sets Agency blood boiling when he steps out on his own to find his kidnapped college student...
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Peter T. Deutermann, Author University Press of America $22.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-913969-49-6
A high-octane compound of techno-thriller and military procedural with a contemporary setting, this first novel by a retired Navy captain satisfies on several levels. A Libyan sub is dispatched to the waters off the Florida coast on a top-secret...
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Peter T. Deutermann, Author St. Martin's Press $7.99 (552p) ISBN 978-0-312-95713-1
Former naval captain Deutermann presents a detective thriller in which the investigation of a naval officer's murder leads to a high-level cover-up. (Feb.)
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Peter T. Deutermann, Author . St. Martin’s $24.95 (311p) ISBN 978-0-312-37241-5
A cast of eccentric Southern characters, several of whom could have escaped from the pages of Gone with the Wind
, lifts Deutermann’s winning fourth novel to feature PI Cam Richter (after The Moonpool
). Cam, tired of suburban life, is buying...
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Peter T. Deutermann, Author . St. Martin's $24.95 (292p) ISBN 978-0-312-37159-3
At the start of Deutermann's exciting third suspense novel to feature Cameron Richter, a retired cop who runs Hide and Seek Investigations, a PI firm staffed by other ex-cops (after Spider Mountain
), one of Cam's operatives, Allie Gardner,
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Peter T. Deutermann, Author . St. Martin's $24.95 (309p) ISBN 978-0-312-33379-9
Full of imaginative plotting touches, Deutermann's fast-paced sequel to his acclaimed 2005 suspense novel, The Cat Dancers
, finds Cam Richter, formerly a lieutenant with the Manceford County, N.C., sheriff's office, now doing less stressful
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Peter T. Deutermann, Author . St. Martin's/Dunne $24.95 (341p) ISBN 978-0-312-33377-5
Deutermann's first chapter features the eponymous, anonymous cat dancer as he rappels down a cliff in the dead of night, swings into the cave of a 200-pound female mountain lion and snaps a picture of the enraged beast as she attempts to...
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Peter T. Deutermann, Author . St. Martin's $24.95 (387p) ISBN 978-0-312-20377-1
Trust Deutermann (Darkside
, etc.), veteran thriller writer and former longtime government employee, to produce what appears to be the first major action novel set inside the Department of Homeland Security. It's full of all the requisite...
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Peter T. Deutermann, Author . St. Martin's $24.95 (352p) ISBN 978-0-312-28120-5
This gripping mystery by the author of Hunting Season
offers a memorable—if slightly improbable—account of some creepy goings-on at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. As the book opens, the school is buzzing with the news that a...
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Deutermann's latest blast at the FBI/ CIA establishment, read with muscular intelligence by Hill, begins with an extremely frightening and tense scene, as three teenagers hiking through an abandoned military site in West Virginia find...
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Peter T. Deutermann, Author, Dick Hill, Read by , read by Dick Hill. Brilliance $34.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-59086-110-3
Audio reviews reflect PW's assessment of the audio adaptation of a book and should be quoted only in reference to the audio version.FictionDARKSIDE: A NovelP.T. Deutermann, read by Dick Hill. Brilliance, unabridged, 11 cassettes, 16 hrs., $34.95
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