title: Primal Threat: A Novel
author:  Earl Emerson 
description: Earl Emerson is the Shamus Awardwinning author of the Thomas Black detective series, which includes The Million-Dollar Tattoo, Deception Pass, and Catfish Caf, as well as several other novels, most recently Firetrap, The Smoke Room, and Vertical Burn. A lieutenant in the Seattle Fire Department, he lives in North Bend, Washington. Visit the authors website at www.EarlEmerson.com.<br /><br /><br /><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>
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  DEEP THREAT
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  DEEP THREAT
  
  
  A Billy Beckett novel
  
  
  By  
  Scott Pratt
  
  
  With Kelly Hodge
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  © 2019 Phoenix Flying LLC
  
  
  All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in
  any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying,
  recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without
  permission in writing from the copyright owner.
  
  
  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are
  the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any
  resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is
  entirely coincidental.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  This book is dedicated to the memory of Scott Pratt, my late friend and
  literary mentor, who believed that nothing in life is beyond imagination and
  went about proving it every day. He was a remarkable storyteller with great
  vision and drive. Our collaboration on the Billy Beckett series of novels w