Hunting Season

By: P. T. Deutermann

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 17 hrs and 39 mins

Publisher's summary

When college kids hiking near an abandoned military industrial complex in West Virginia mysteriously disappear, special agent Janet Carter - earnest, honest, and fed up with the stifling chauvinistic environment at the Roanoke FBI headquarters - is called in to investigate. Unfortunately, there are no leads - it's as if the three just vanished into thin air.

The authorities at the FBI are quick to write off the case as teenage runaways, and order Janet off the case - but not before she has the chance to speak with the father of one of the missing, Edwin Kriess.

Kriess is an ex-"sweeper", a member of an elite CIA task force trained to track down and bring in rogue agents. To be a sweeper means to be expertly trained in the art of hunting and killing, and Kriess was not only a sweeper himself, but the agent in charge of training and leading the entire program. Only something went wrong - an assignment to track down an agent involved in a Chinese espionage plot ended in a bloody massacre, and threatened to reveal a monumental government cover-up. Kriess was quietly sacrificed to the scandal, and has since lived in solitude.

But now his daughter is missing, and he knows that she didn't run away - and he will do anything to find her and bring her abductors to justice. His search brings him back to the abandoned industrial complex, where two right-wing religious fanatics - tied to the Waco disaster and inspired by the Oklahoma City bombing - are building a hydrogen bomb.

When the FBI learns of Kriess' independent investigations, they fear the worst: he knows too many secrets already, and if his search efforts are successful, a scandal of epic proportions would unfold. They decide they need a plant, someone who has access to Kriess, and can win his trust. Someone who will report back what he knows, and what he finds - and that person is Janet Carter.

©2005 P. T. Deutermann (P)2005 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Deutermann's latest blast at the FBI/ CIA establishment [is] read with muscular intelligence by Hill." ( Publishers Weekly)
"A solid read from an author whose own tradecraft is every bit as good as that of his characters." ( Booklist)

A real page turner!

This book was extremely suspenseful and because of the many cliff hangers, it was hard to put down. The characters were interesting, the plot was unique and it was very well written. I highly recommend it!

Very entertaining!

The story and characters were good as well as the narrator. This was my first book by this author and I Sam looking forward to the next one.

Twists

First, I would listen to anything Dick Hill Narrates. This was a nice long mystery and thriller with only a few unbelievable areas. I don't summarize, it has already been done. The one thing I didn't like about the book is all of the unnecessary F bombs. Being quite familiar with the Federal Government, using the F word, and many others, has been found to be sexual harassment when used in the presence of the opposite sex. And I think it was not needed except in in a couple of incidents.

Solid story

Didn’t put it down until the end - my first priority in rating a book. Dick hills female voices all sound affected - drives me nuts. Also drives me nuts when he reads and acts things like ‘she yawns’ (yawn). Argh. Just read the book.

A worthwhile read.

While I do not regret the "read", it started strong but seemed to lose steam and lose me by the end. I of course LOVED Dick Hill as always though!

Outstanding as always

You be hard pressed to find a better book than this. Dick was just fantastic as usual. Can’t wait for the next one

Hmmmm...

Well I finished it... finally. I think I downloaded three books in between bouts of listening to this one and finally finished it when I was out of credits. There was something about the book... maybe the narrator... that made it very hard to stay connected. I'm glad I did though... it did pick up about two-thirds the way through and was worth the listen.

His best yet!

Have "listened" to all of his books and this is the best yet! There's an unbelievable coincidence in the last part but no one is perfect. Characters are well developed and intriguing. Narration is excellent. Highly recommend this book.

not bad

Book had a good start but really bogged down in the middle. The ending was better a little unrealistic though.

entertaining & intriguing

This book was captivating all the way to the end. In fact it felt like 4 books in one. The subject matter was very interesting & the narrator (Dick Hill) was excellent as usual. All in all I enjoyed it very much & would recommend it to others. It was my kind of book.