P. T. Deutermann is an author I discovered while in Iraq and have liked ever since. In the book Cold Frame by P.T Deutermann we find Detective Sergeant Av Smith of the Washington DC Metropolitan Police Department is suddenly thrown into the world of Counterterrorism and the ominous Kill List. Av Smith is a likeable guy in this book, surrounded by the rest of the guys in the Briar Patch, a section of MPD designated to pass along federal cases to a federal force.