She collapsed into silent laughter; her eyes closed but her shoulders shaking. Attagirl, I thought. This is gonna be okay.
ALSO BY P. T. DEUTERMANN
THE CAM RICHTER NOVELS
The Cat Dancers
Spider Mountain
The Moonpool
Nightwalkers
THRILLERS
Red Swan
Cold Frame
The Last Man
The Firefly
Darkside
Hunting Season
Train Man
Zero Option
Sweepers
Official Privilege
SEA STORIES
The Nugget
The Iceman
The Commodore
Sentinels of Fire
Ghosts of Bungo Suido
Pacific Glory
The Edge of Honor
Scorpion in the Sea
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
P. T. Deutermann is the noted author of many previous novels based on his experiences as a senior staff officer in Washington and at sea as a Navy captain, and later, commodore. His works include Pacific Glory, which won the W. Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction, Sentinels of Fire, The Commodore, Ghosts of Bungo Suido, The Iceman, and The Nugget. He lives with his wife of fifty years in North Carolina. You can sign up for email updates here.
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Part I
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Part II
Eight
Nine
Ten
Twelve
Thirteen
Fourteen
Fifteen
Sixteen
Seventeen
Eighteen
Nineteen
Twenty
Twenty-One
Twenty-Two
Twenty-Three
Part III
TWenty-Four
Twenty-Five
Twenty-Six
Twenty-Seven
Part IV
Twenty-Eight
Twenty-Nine
Thirty
Thirty-One
Thirty-Two
Thirty-Three
Thirty-Four
Thirty-Five
Also by P. T. Deutermann
About the Author
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
First published in the United States by St. Martin’s Press, an imprint of St. Martin’s Publishing Group
THE HOOLIGANS. Copyright © 2020 by P. T. Deutermann. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Publishing Group, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271.
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Names: Deutermann, Peter T., 1941– author.
Title: The hooligans / P. T. Deutermann.
Description: First edition. | New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2020.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020009560 | ISBN 9781250263094 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781250263100 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: World War, 1939–1945—Naval operations, American— Fiction. | GSAFD: Historical fiction. | War stories.
Classification: LCC PS3554.E887 H66 2020 | DDC 813/.54—dc23
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