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Summary: A HIGH OCTANE DRAMA ABSORBINGLY READ
Review: Sometimes angry, sometimes anguished, suspicious and stealthy, the voice of Dick Hill reveals all of these feelings as he renders this absorbing story of a father's search for his missing daughter. Three college students are hiking around an abandoned military complex when presto - they disappear. The FBI soon chalks it up to a youthful runaway. However, one father knows better, and he's not your typical parent-next-door. Edwin Kriess is a former member of a special CIA group that was trained to find and capture. He's determined to trace his daughter's abductors, and sets about doing so. The FBI doesn't look kindly upon his investigations - he may have too much information, and what will he discover? Thus, the tracker becomes the tracked when the FBI dispatches someone to ferret out the truth from Kniess. It's a trigger sharp, twisting yarn, and Dick Hill weaves it beautifully.
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Summary: pro militia apologia
Review: This is a great read. A page turner thriller on the surface, which delivers entertainment in spades, it is also corrosively critical of the federal government. No book can be published in contemporary America which champions the bad guys, especially 'terrorists'. But here the heroes are two FBI agents who are literally targeted by an alphabet soup of federal agencies. The author exhibits clear sympathies with hillbillies who hate and do not hesitate to cause the deaths of 'revenuers'. And these are the good guys, who help the heroes. Even the bad guys, also dumb mountain folk, are coloured in with legitimate grievances against the military and federal government. All in all this adds a welcome element [depth would be too strong a word in what is after all only a cheap thriller] to a genre which all too often lionizes FBI agents without looking into how badly agents with scruples are treated, not to mention how ordinary citizens are victimized. Action packed and riveting, this book deserves closer reading than most such thrillers. And is consequently far more rewarding. Whether this complexity and implicit cynicism is accidental or due to authorial intention I cannot determine.
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Summary: Exciting from page 1
Review: This is a spectacular book. From the opening scene until the conclusion, this book held my attention like few others have. Deutermann does a great job of creating characters that the reader feels for. I really cared about the characters. I wanted Kreiss to find his daughter and thwart the bad guy, I wanted Janet Carter to succeed. And, although I could see it coming a mile away, I was not disappointed that Kreiss and Carter linked romantically. There are some great plot twists and numerous conflicts happening simultaneously that made me keep reading page after page. I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes suspense thrillers.
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Summary: WOW!
Review: This is an exciting book about contemporary problems and one that is difficult to put down. I recommend it!
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Summary: Hunting Season
Review: This is an exciting book about contemporary problems and one that is difficult to put down. I recommend it!
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Summary: Super-Agent Kreiss is my kinda guy
Review: This is my second attempt to write a review for this book. I apparently was too forthcoming in the reasons why I like the Edwin Kreiss character so much. This time I will just say that I share his sentiment for the punishment the kidnappers of his daughter deserve. Hunting Season is wrought with political infighting between the government's different alphabet agencies, the FBI, the CIA, the ATF, not to mention the Justice Department. Figuring out who is being honest, and what the real motives are behind any of the actions of these agencies is a mystery in itself, and adds to the enjoyment of this book. Throw in Kreiss, a former CIA/FBI super-agent who specialized in hunting down other agents, and you have one heck of a good book. If you are viewing this review, then you are probably already interested in this book, so do yourself a favor and read it.
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Summary: Mr. Deuterman does it again
Review: This is the fourth novel I have read by Captain Deuterman and he just keeps getting better. This story has a very believable plot, interesting characters and crisp dialogue. I really like this author's style. The story always moves along and doesn't bog down with excessive technical details as do some authors of this genre. I eagerly await his next book.
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Summary: AN ABSORBING STORY SKILLFULLY PLOTTED
Review: This time out Deutermann has crafted absorbing story of a father's search for his missing daughter. Three college students are hiking around an abandoned military complex when presto - they disappear. The FBI soon chalks it up to a youthful runaway. However, one father knows better, and he's not your typical parent-next-door. Edwin Kriess is a former member of a special CIA group that was trained to find and capture. He's determined to trace his daughter's abductors, and sets about doing so. The FBI doesn't look kindly upon his investigations - he may have too much information, and what will he discover? Thus, the tracker becomes the tracked when the FBI dispatches someone to ferret out the truth from Kniess. It's a trigger sharp, twisting yarn, skillfully woven.
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Summary: Just as entertaining the second time around!
Review: This was the first of P.T.'s books that I read that I found in a bag of second-hand books. I was immediately drawn to the story because I lived near Roanoke and Blacksburg, VA many years ago, when the "Ramsey Arsenal" was still open. From "Hunting Season" I learned about "sweepers" and other specially trained agents and the technology that is available to them as well as the difficult politics of "staying alive" as a Fed (or ex-Fed).
Most of the book takes place in and around the old arsenal and is well described. The underground syphon chamber that was used to flush away bad batches of toxic chemicals was interesting but the various scenarios surrounding it were a bit much as was the constant vehicle switching. But the story is great, and I am reading it for the second time, after 9/11. This book has it all-FBI, CIA, ATF, mountain men, and all the "toys" Kreiss uses that makes a gun unecessary.
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Summary: Just as entertaining the second time around!
Review: This was the first of P.T.'s books that I read that I found in a bag of second-hand books. I was immediately drawn to the story because I lived near Roanoke and Blacksburg, VA many years ago, when the "Ramsey Arsenal" was still open. From "Hunting Season" I learned about "sweepers" and other specially trained agents and the technology that is available to them as well as the difficult politics of "staying alive" as a Fed (or ex-Fed).
Most of the book takes place in and around the old arsenal and is well described. The underground syphon chamber that was used to flush away bad batches of toxic chemicals was interesting but the various scenarios surrounding it were a bit much as was the constant vehicle switching. But the story is great, and I am reading it for the second time, after 9/11. This book has it all-FBI, CIA, ATF, mountain men, and all the "toys" Kreiss uses that makes a gun unecessary.
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