Hunting SEASON by P. T. Deutermann

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P. T. Deutermann

ST. MARTin’S PRESS HEW YORK

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents depicted herein are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental and beyond the intent of the author or the publisher. The Ramsey Army Arsenal depicted in this story was modeled on the Radford Army Ammunition Plant, near Radford, Virginia, which is sri ll operational and which is not, to the author’s best knowledge, an EPA-designated toxic-waste site of any kind.

HUNTING SEASON. Copyright 2001 by P. T. Deutermann. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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1. Intelligence officers—Fiction. 2. Fathers and daughters-Fiction. 3. Washington (D.C.)—Fiction. 4. Missing persons-Fiction. 5. West Virginia—Fiction. I. Title

PS3554.E887 H86 2001

813’.54—dc21 00-045959 First Edition: February 2001 10 987654321 This book is dedicated to the fond hope that, one fine day, the U.S. Department of Justice will once again represent the epitome of public integrity within the government of the United States.