Cold Frame
A Novel
P. T. Deutermann
- The
- downtown
- area
- of
- today's
- Washington,
- D.C.,
- has
- become
- an
- armed
- camp.
- Men
- with
- assault
- rifles
- crouch
- on
- top
- of
- monuments
- and
- buildings.
- Anti-missile
- sites
- bristle
- on
- the
- White
- House
- roof.
- Meter
- maids
- carry
- Glocks
- and
- tactical
- radios,
- all
- in
- the
- name
- of
- federal
- CT:
- counterterrorism.
In
- Cold
- Frame,
- the
- dramatic
- new
- thriller
- by
- P.
- T.
- Deutermann,
- a
- secret
- committee
- of
- government
- and
- civilian
- officials
- puts
- names
- on
- the
- Kill
- List,
- which
- targets
- overseas
- threats
- to
- America
- for
- termination.
- When
- a
- senior
- bureaucrat
- who
- is
- part
- of
- the
- Kill
- List
- process
- dies
- in
- Washington
- under
- mysterious
- circumstances
- that
- include
- a
- beautiful
- woman,
- a
- glass
- of
- wine,
- and
- a
- bouquet
- of
- flowers,
- Metro
- detective
- Av
- Smith
- is
- tasked
- to
- investigate.
- Smith
- and
- his
- fellow
- detectives
- soon
- find
- themselves
- besieged
- by
- a
- hornet's
- nest
- of
- intrigue
- and
- deception.
- With
- the
- aid
- of
- an
- FBI
- agent
- and
- a
- reclusive
- scientist
- who
- nurtures
- unusual
- interests,
- Av
- digs
- deeper
- into
- the
- mystery---only
- to
- become
- the
- target
- of
- a
- plan
- that
- reaches
- into
- the
- highest
- levels
- of
- the
- federal
- government,
- and
- far
- exceeds
- the
- mission
- of
- the
- Kill
- List
- itself.
Set
- in
- contemporary
- Washington,
- D.C.,
- amidst
- the
- Byzantine
- counterterrorism
- bureaucracy,
- Cold
- Frame
- is
- a
- compelling
- thriller
- by
- masterful
- novelist
- P.
- T.
- Deutermann,
- whose
- insider
- knowledge
- of
- how
- the
- military,
- federal,
- and
- local
- intelligence
- agencies
- work---or
- don't---illuminates
- the
- dark
- world
- of
- Washington's
- War
- on Terror.
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