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Cold Frame

By: P. T. Deutermann
Narrated by: Dick Hill
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The downtown area of today's Washington, DC, has become an armed camp. Men with assault rifles crouch on top of monuments and buildings. Antimissile 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 maintains a list known as 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, DC, amid the Byzantine counterterrorism bureaucracy, Cold Frame is a compelling thriller by a masterful novelist 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.

©2015 P. T. Deutermann (P)2015 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
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It's OK if you like political mysteries

‘Cold Frame’ is a political twister with a large cast of characters and a ton of secrecy which helps a bit in the suspense but doesn’t rise to the level of a thriller. The characters are a bit one dimensional but interesting and the addition of bottony group adds a new twist I haven’t seen before and kept it interesting and refreshing.

Dick Hill does a great job with the narration. I love his readings.

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OK but a little contrived.

If you’ve listened to books by P. T. Deutermann before, how does this one compare?

Not as good - OK, but a little contrived and characters not well dimensioned.

Did Dick Hill do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

Yes, he's one of my favorite narrators.

Was Cold Frame worth the listening time?

Yes.

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Not sure why Audible is only allowing guided reviews now. I like to write my own. So I'm keeping this one short.

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whew - glad that's over with

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

narrator lisp .. listen on 1.25 speed and that helped a lot

Would you ever listen to anything by P. T. Deutermann again?

yes

How could the performance have been better?

replace the narrator and give us a decent ending

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I've been reading Deutermann for twenty years

I've been listening and reading to Deutermann for 20 years now and this is by far one of his better stories I like his detective novels better

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Best PT D book of others read. Need more Av Smit

loved it!-great narrator! clever characters and plot. More Av Smith and friends please. Hope soon.

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Another great book by Deutermann

I enjoyed this book. Very well written, factually accurate and well researched. Dick Hill is one of my favorite readers. Truly talented! All around great experience.

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Riveting, fascinating and occasionally hilarious

An amazing extremely clever story. Dick Hill’s voices are captivating. Deutermann is a rare talent in the thriller genre!

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self-indulgent

the author seems more interested in pursuing arcane interests and describing the peculiarities of odder-than-life characters than in creating a compelling and believable story. The narrative seems mostly padded, like wood pulp in parmesan, too many characters caricatures, too many scenes predictable and overwritten.

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Another great PT.Deutermann thriller

Excellent story line, characters, and as always Dick Hill . Sroey kept up a quick pace and it was difficult to put down.

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Wonderful 'tall story ' by a masterful writer and one if the best performers of the spoken word.

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