“A wonderful hybrid of classic crime novel and spy thriller. Keep your seat belts fastened…a hell of a ride.” Reed Farrel Coleman, three-time Shamus Award winner
Description
From award-winning author David Freed, Fangs Out is the second installment in the pulse-pounding Cordell Logan series.
Moments before he is executed, the man who killed Hub Walker’s daughter makes a troubling allegation: that the real murderer was Walker’s close friend, an important US defense contractor. Walker—famed Vietnam War veteran and hero-pilot—is looking to hire someone willing to hunt down information that will refute the claim and help restore his friend’s good name. Enter Cordell Logan: civilian flight instructor, would-be Buddhist, and retired military assassin.
Logan takes the job, thinking it will be a bit of a breeze, and an opportunity to rub shoulders with a living legend. But after flying to San Diego in his beloved Cessna—the Ruptured Duck—he is swiftly pulled into a perplexing and dangerous puzzle. The deeper he digs, the murkier the waters become, and the more dangerous it gets. Who really killed Walker’s daughter, and why? Somebody doesn’t want Logan asking questions—and will stop at nothing to silence him.
Praise
“A wonderful hybrid of classic crime novel and spy thriller. Keep your seat belts fastened…a hell of a ride.” Reed Farrel Coleman, three-time Shamus Award winner
“Freed entertains with the wisecracking Logan and a catalogue of offbeat characters. But it is not all humor. Freed, whose own flying experience is front and center and woven seamlessly into the story, has created a mystery that will keep you guessing to the very end.” Mystery Scene Magazine
“Filled with bullet-speed wit, original characters (and a cat to die for), plus a fast-paced and intelligent plot, climaxing with more than one surprise…David Freed is a master of mordant one-liners for which Raymond Chandler’s leading man, Philip Marlowe, would have given his eye teeth. Highly recommended for crime and thriller fans alike.” New York Journal of Books
Details
| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Release Day | Oct 23, 2023 |
| Release Date | October 24, 2023 |
| Number in Series | 2 |
| Series Display String | The Cordell Logan Mysteries |
| Release Date Machine | 1698105600 |
| Imprint | Blackstone Publishing |
| Provider | Blackstone Publishing |
| Categories | Mystery, Thriller & Suspense |
Author Bio
David Freed is an instrument-rated pilot, produced Hollywood screenwriter, and a former staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal for Community Service, the highest award in American journalism, and shared in a Pulitzer for the newspaper’s coverage of the Rodney King riots. David reported from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq during Operation Desert Storm. He later worked as a contractor for the CIA and Defense Intelligence Agency. He holds a master’s degree from Harvard University and teaches creative writing at Harvard’s Extension School. He lives in Santa Barbara, California. Find him at DavidFreed.com.
Narrator Bio
Keith Szarabajka has appeared in many films, including The Dark Knight, Missing, and A Perfect World, and on such television shows as The Equalizer, Angel, Cold Case, Golden Years, and Profit. Szarabajka has also appeared in several episodes of Selected Shorts for National Public Radio. He won the 2001 Audie Award for Unabridged Fiction for his reading of Tom Robbins’s Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates and has won several Earphones Awards.
Overview
From award-winning author David Freed, Fangs Out is the second installment in the pulse-pounding Cordell Logan series.
Moments before he is executed, the man who killed Hub Walker’s daughter makes a troubling allegation: that the real murderer was Walker’s close friend, an important US defense contractor. Walker—famed Vietnam War veteran and hero-pilot—is looking to hire someone willing to hunt down information that will refute the claim and help restore his friend’s good name. Enter Cordell Logan: civilian flight instructor, would-be Buddhist, and retired military assassin.
Logan takes the job, thinking it will be a bit of a breeze, and an opportunity to rub shoulders with a living legend. But after flying to San Diego in his beloved Cessna—the Ruptured Duck—he is swiftly pulled into a perplexing and dangerous puzzle. The deeper he digs, the murkier the waters become, and the more dangerous it gets. Who really killed Walker’s daughter, and why? Somebody doesn’t want Logan asking questions—and will stop at nothing to silence him.