Fangs Out
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Moments before he is executed, the killer of famed Vietnam War hero-pilot Hub Walker's daughter makes a startling allegation: the real murderer is Walker's close friend, a prominent U.S. defense contractor. Walker wants to hire somebody willing to spend a few days hunting up information that will refute the convicted killer's groundless but widely reported claims, and help restore his friend's good name. That somebody, as fate would have it, is sardonic civilian flight instructor, would-be Buddhist and retired military assassin Cordell Logan. Thus begins one of the year's most suspenseful mystery-thrillers.
A Medal of Honor recipient married to a former Playmate of the Year, Walker resides in the swanky San Diego enclave of La Jolla, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Logan is convinced that working for Walker will be little more than a paid vacation - a chance to rub shoulders with a living legend while rekindling Logan's relationship with his own enticing ex-wife, Savannah. But after flying to San Diego in his beloved aging Cessna, the Ruptured Duck, Logan is quickly drawn into a vexing and deadly jigsaw puzzle. The deeper he digs, the murkier the truth appears, and the more in danger he finds himself. Who really killed the war hero's daughter, and why? Somebody in "America's Finest City," wants to stop Logan from asking questions, and will stop at nothing to silence him.
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In Freed's crackling second mystery featuring Rancho Bonita, Calif., flight instructor Cordell Logan (after 2012's Flat Spin), Logan helps guide a small plane pilot who is having instrument trouble to safety only to discover that he's rescued Hub Walker, a Medal of Honor winner, and Walker's wife, Crissy, a former Playboy Playmate of the Year. Walker ends up hiring Logan, who has intelligence experience, to investigate Dorian Munz, who was executed for killing Walker's daughter, Ruth. Walker believes and wants Logan to prove that Munz lied when he made a claim, shortly before his execution, that implicated Greg Castle, Ruth's defense contractor employer and a friend of Walker's, in the crime. All Logan has to do to earn $10,000 is give Walker info that discredits Munz's claim. Logan begins questioning those involved with the case, uncovering some odd facts and another victim. The appealing Logan, a wise-cracking, marriage-challenged loner trying to practice Buddhist tenets, proves his mettle as both pilot and investigator.