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    Fangs Out
    Fangs Out
    Fangs Out
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    Fangs Out

    By David Freed

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    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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe Permanent Press
    Release dateApr 1, 2013
    ISBN9781579623333
    Fangs Out
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    David Freed

    David Freed is a screenwriter, novelist and former award-winning investigative journalist for The Los Angeles Times, where he was an individual finalist for the Pulitzer Prize's Gold Medal for Public Service, the highest award in American journalism, and later shared in a Pulitzer Prize for the newspaper's coverage of the 1992 Rodney King riots. His 8,600-word exposé in The Atlantic, detailing how the FBI pursued the wrong suspect in a string of anthrax murders following 9/11, was short-listed as a 2011 finalist in Feature Writing by the American Society of Magazine Editors.

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    • 3/5
      The book was a good read and was slow on the uptake. Not the best author I read but not the worst. The main person was in the book way to much.
    • 4/5
      Won this book from Goodreads. Very exciting and a good mystery. Had me guessing.
    • 3/5
      This was a good mystery with a protagonist that is compelling despite his obvious flaws. I enjoyed it, but probably won't seek this author out again.
    • 4/5
      I received this book through the Early Reviewers. It is the second in the series. Even though I had not read the first one, it did not affect reading this one. The book was an easy read and had me guessing, right up to the end. I enjoyed it, and will watch for this author and series in the future.
    • 3/5
      Quick enjoyable mystery book with a normal flawed not over the top main character.I would read more books by this author.
    • 4/5
      Last May I happily reviewed David Freed's first book, "Flat Spin", in this series. This time around I continue to be entertained with his style in the easy read of "Fangs Out." How pleased I am that his appeal still rings true for me. This book moves the action to more of a traditional mystery than before, but still embodies his humor, realistic chacterization, and, of course his airplane The Ruptured Duck. Freed continues the saga between Logan, the main character, and his ex-wife but this time both seem more true to life in navigating their realtionship. And, he leaves us at the end of the book with a sure fire look at what could happen in the next book. i just love Freed's ability to capture me with his wise cracking dialogue.
    • 4/5
      I enjoyed David Freed's first book, Flat Spin, tremendously. So when my Early Reviewer copy of Fangs Out arrived I jumped right into it. Fangs Out is a quick and enjoyable read. Wisecracking Cordell Logan, a wannabe Buddhist, is an ex-military assassin who ends up reluctantly helping people with their problems. This time Cordell is hired by a Vietnam War hero to uncover the truth behind a statement made by his daughter's killer at his execution that another man was the actual killer. Cordell is off to SanDiego in his ancient plane, the Ruptured Duck, to look into the matter--expecting not to find out anything to prove the executed killer correct. Boy, is Cordell wrong! Little by little Cordell is drawn into a complex web of danger that leads him to uncover the girl's real killer. Fangs Out is a real page turner that is worth reading.
    • 5/5
      I liked the first book in this series, 'Flat Spin', and I believe the second one is even better. Well written, fast paced, funny - all the necessary ingredients. In the first novel everybody was wisecracking, and although it was funny, it was also very annoying. Fortunately, author pared off some of it, leaving wisecracking mostly to the main character only.
    • 4/5
      Cordell Logan is a wanna-be Buddhist with attitude problems. A former military pilot and member of Alpha team (essentially government assassins), Logan is a down and out pilot running a small-time aviation school - really small time, as in one student only. On a routine flight, Logan spots another plane in trouble and assists with their landing. Turns out that he rescued Hub Walker, a former Medal of Honor recipient from the Vietnam War. Hub's daughter, Ruth was brutally murdered by a man named Dorian Nunz who at the time of his execution, made some bold statements about Walker's friend, Greg Castle being corrupt and responsible for Ruth's death. Hub hires Logan to help restore Castle's reputation, but in the course of so doing, a number of delightful plot twists and turns occur. Solid, fast read. Well-written.
    • 4/5
      This is an interesting book, I liked it a lot. It has many twists and turns and it is a page-turner. The protagonist Cordell Logan reminds me of Spenser from the Robert Parker series; instead of antique cars that Spenser is so fond of, Logan's love is his 40 year old Cessna called the Ruptured Duck.I recommend this book to Robert Parker fans and now I want to read the first book of the Logan series if I can find it.
    • 4/5
      This is David Freed's second book and like the first, it, too, was a good read. Logan is a good man. Perhaps a little too much a typical man in that he needs a little more awareness as far as other people's feeling are concerned. He's still having problems with his ex, but it seems they'll work them out. Then too he doesn't need to impress people with his background. He's a "go to" guy with your problems and he takes care of them. I'll add David Freed to my list of authors I'll read again. Thanks, LibraryThing, for the free book.
    • 4/5
      Good story, insightful looks at flying , San Diego and unarmed combat. Interesting lead character who, unfortunately, quickly turns into a caricature. Smartaleck remarks contaminate his conversation as badly as does the F*** word in other books. He talks more like an insecure teenager than a former special forces assassin. The author could look to John Sanford's that f**kin Virgil Flower for a role model. He is brash, irreverent and mouthy but still stays an adult. Curiously, Virgil has to deal with a Lutheran conscience similar to Logan's forays toward Buddha. Love Mrs S. The author should dump the ex-wife, she is a drag on the story telling.
    • 4/5
      “The dead man wanted lobster thermidor and a good bottle of pinot noir.” What a terrific first line! Having thoroughly enjoyed the first book, Flat Spin, in this series, I didn't wait long before jumping into the second.And I did enjoy it, just not as much as the first. Cordell Logan is still imperfectly practicing Buddhism, is still trying to reconcile with his ex-wife and sabotaging his own efforts, and despite a not-very-successful profession of flight instructor, once again gets called into solving a murder.This is not an especially violent story, actually pretty mild. The worst part to me was reading about live pigs being shot so humans could practice CPR on them. I hated that! And I wasn't especially fond of a desired vacation destination being Sea World.The dead man in the first sentence doesn't really play a big role in the story. I didn't really care who murdered whom; there just wasn't that feeling of suspense, gotta know now. I did enjoy the characters, especially an old pilot who couldn't fly anymore, who reminded me of my dad. I liked the stories of flying. I love the feisty 91-year old landlady whose name I cannot spell (I listened to this book). Unfortunately, she was absent for most of this story.This book was enjoyable and I will read the next in the series, but it didn't quite live up to the first book in the series. 3.5 out of 5 stars.
    • 4/5
      It begins with the execution of killer, Dorian Munz; who says just before his lethal injection that he did not kill his ex-girlfriend, it was one Greg Castle. A friend of Castle’s; Hub Walker hires Cordell Logan to investigate and find information that will refute the claim Munz made. Logan is a flight instructor, barely making ends meet, a former military assassin, and someone who I found interesting.Although the story was good, I really liked how the author has created a main character that is likeable, flawed and human. There is nothing special about him except his ability to investigate and push buttons. This novel is a satisfying mystery.
    • 3/5
      I received David Freed’s Fangs Out, the second in the Cordell Logan mystery series, as part of the Library Thing preview give-away. Cordell is an odd character, with military alpha-team skills and an immature attitude. It was a good read, and I would be tempted to read another of his books, but it really wasn’t so good that I would add it to my list of must-have authors. I will go get the first book in the series to see how he is progressing as an author, as there is some real potential here. I found some of his plot points stretched or just not making sense. I was pretty confident who-done-it when first introduced to the character and was never moved off that place. It was a somewhat fun story, kind of like Scott Harvath meets Stephanie Plum. I appreciate David Freed and Library Thing for making this bound galley available for preview.
    • 4/5
      I was lucky enough to get a LibraryThing Early Review copy of David Freed’s first book, Flat Spin, last March. I thoroughly enjoyed it and readily picked his newest book, Fangs Out, when I saw it in the Early Review selections. I guess I was a little disappointed in Fangs Out. While a good story the main character, Cordell Logan, got on my nerves as the story went on. I know he has to be an SOB and treat his ex-wife like crap, but after a while it became very irritating. I almost wanted to stop reading the book. But, I will certainly have a go at Mr. Freed’s next book. I still think the series is a good one…..just irritating at times.
    • 3/5
      No, this is not a novel about vampires. “Fangs out” is aviator slang meaning that the fighter pilot is more than ready for a good dogfight, which is an aerial battle at close range. This novel is also not about a fighter pilot. The main character – Cordell Logan – is, however, a civilian flight instructor and a retired military assassin. In this novel, he is a private detective of sorts.The premise of the book is quite interesting. A man about to be executed for a murder he did not commit is prepped for the fatal injection and when given the opportunity to speak before he dies, he drops the bombshell that a friend of the murdered woman’s father is actually the killer. He states that this man is the father of the murdered woman’s child, who is being raised by her father – the child’s grandfather – and his former Playmate wife. In addition there was supposed to have been some creative accounting taking place at the real murderer’s business. Enter Cordell Logan.The rest of the book is not nearly as good as the introductory pages: The dead man wanted Lobster Thermidor and a good bottle of Pinot Noir. “Who does he think he is,” the warden said, “Wolfgang Puck?” They compromised on a bacon cheeseburger, onion rings, and two cans of cold Pepsi from the roach coach parked out in the visitors’ lot.Then: “The upside of capital punishment,” the dead man said…” “No more worrying about bad cholesterol.”In my opinion, the book didn’t live up to its premise nor to the introduction. The characters were predictable and shallow, especially Mr. Logan’s former wife. Mr. Logan was something of a smart aleck, without the benefit of being entertaining. The plot was thin and needed more development, although there was a surprise at the end.The most interesting characters were the cat, Kiddiot – what a clever name for a cat – and the landlady, an elderly lady who got a tummy tuck. A retired Marine who lived across the street from the murdered woman’s father was pretty funny but only floated around the edges of the happenings.For light reading, this book is okay, but that’s about it.

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