P. T. Deutermann Books

Military investigator David Stafford receives a low profile assignment: a scam involving public auctions of military surplus. When he travels from Washington, D.C. to a base outside Atlanta, Stafford stumbles onto a big secret. A cylinder of Wet Eye, a hazardous biochemical weapon with gruesome consequences, is missing, maybe stolen.But no one will admit it's gone. As he hunts for answers, Stafford befriends an unusual, troubled young girl and her guardian, who live in a remote Georgia mountain town. What the gift knows and how she carne by that knowledge traps Stafford between an unstable weapon with deadly power and a military bureaucracy desperate to cover its mistakes, no matter what the cost. Authentic, frightening, packed with suspense, Zero Option is P.T. Deutermann's best book yet.

Official Privilege begins with a mystery: in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, the mummified body of a black Navy lieutenant is found bolted inside the boiler of a deactivated battleship. While the cause of death is clear, the officer's identity is not. With nerve ends raw from the media focus on recent scandals, the Pentagon bypasses its own investigative service and appoints a commander, Dan Collins, and a civilian, Grace Snow, to conduct an inquiry. Together they resolve to ignore the Navy's political sensitivities and conduct a by-the-book murder investigation. But then they uncover evidence that points back to Washington, D.C., and a two-year-old unsolved case involving another black Navy lieutenant, a beautiful young woman, who died under violent circumstances. While they search for links between the two deaths, they attract the attention of one Malachi Ward. Cunning, ruthless, well paid, and ferociously resourceful, he will do whatever it takes to protect his hidden client's privilege. In a tense, deadly game of cat-and-mouse, Malachi tracks Collins and Snow through Washington's streets and corridors of power, determined to keep them from learning the secret behind the body in the battleship.

A man on the brink of destiny...It is the height of the Vietnam War and young Lt. Brian Holcomb is about to embark on an eight-month tour of duty that will bring him one step away from commanding his own ship.A woman tempted by desire...On the homefront, his beautiful wife Maddy is lonely and confused-tantalized by a seductive stranger and an act of betrayal every Navy man dreads, even more than an enemy's face.A ship at war with itself...Aboard the guided-missile frigate USS John Bell Hood, he will witness a ship spinning in a tidal pool of recklessness-its crew wasted by drugs, its brass losing its grip on command.The Edge of HonorAnd now, as the Hood steams towards an explosive showdown with North Vietnam's killer MiGs, he will be forced to make the most agonizing choice of his life-one that could make his career...or damn his soul.With his stunning new thriller, The Edge of Honor, P.T. Deutermann unfurls at full display the mastery he hinted at so brilliantly with his debut Scorpion in the Sea.

They call it "Wet Eye": a biological weapon that literally eats out the eyes of its victims. Now, deep within the belly of the U.S. military establishment, one small silver canister of Wet Eye is missing-lost because a career pencil-pusher has cut a million-dollar deal and signed it in blood.For David Stafford, a Defense Department investigator, finding the missing canister means ripping through layers of cover-ups, bureaucracy, and one man's murderous determination to sell Wet Eye to an international arms dealer. But the military would rather silence Stafford than admit to a security breach. And now, the only person who can stop a biological conflagration is an innocent child-who has looked into the face of evil, and seen it with her own two eyes...

A midshipman's fall at the United States Naval Academy is initially deemed an accident, but the situation quickly escalates when Midshipman first class Julie Markham becomes embroiled in the controversy. The Academy's administration, known as the 'Dark Side,' tries to suppress the scandal, but rumors of homicide surface. Despite Julie's impeccable reputation and achievements, her father, Ev Markham, a professor and alumnus, fears the lengths the Dark Side will go to protect the Academy. Concerned for his daughter's safety amidst growing public outrage, he hires attorney Liz DeWinter as the Naval Criminal Investigative Service launches an inquiry. Concurrently, Jim Hall, the Academy's civilian security officer, investigates a series of violent pranks linked to the Academy's subterranean tunnels, which are tied to an unsolved murder. As Jim delves deeper, he finds himself hunted by a cunning predator with a dark secret hidden beneath the Academy's polished exterior. This relentless thriller, penned by an Annapolis insider, promises twists and turns that keep readers on the edge of their seats.

Als drei Studenten in den Appalachen spurlos verschwinden, beginnt das FBI mit den Untersuchungen. Da diese erfolglos bleiben, nimmt der Vater einer der Vermissten die Dinge in die eigene Hand. Und als ehemaliges Mitglied einer Spezialeinheit scheint Edwin Kreiss auch gute Karten zu haben. Doch der um das Schicksal seiner Tochter besorgte Kreiss kann nicht ahnen, dass er sich damit auf die Spur einer Organisation begibt, die vor keinem Verbrechen zurückzuschrecken scheint ...