12/17/24; 320 pages
Blackstone Publishing
Cordell Logan Mystery #7
Deep Fury by David Freed is a highly recommended investigative mystery full of action. This is the seventh book in the Cordell Logan series.
Cordell Logan, current flight instructor and former government assassin, learns that his former classmate at the US Air Force Academy and wingman Pete Hostetler is dead. Hostetler fell through the roof of a mobile home and obviously either fell or was pushed out of some aircraft. Logan sets off to learn more about Hostetler’s current activities trying to investigate who would want to murder him. The trail of clues leads him and his aging Cessna, the Ruptured Duck, across California and even into Mexico, putting his own life into danger.
Logan, an aspiring follower of Buddha, is a fully realized character, He has a sarcastic sense of humor, a hair trigger temper he is trying to control, and the moves to back it all up. He's intelligent, capable, quick, and can read the room. His determination leads him into a maze of connections and potential lethal trouble at every turn. Joining Logan are his landlord Mrs. Schmuowitz, mechanic Larry Kropf, girlfriend and formerly with the CIA Layne Sterling, cat Kiddiot, and new dog Ack-Ack.
The well written narrative will hold you complete attention. The fast
paced plot logically follows the investigation Logan is undertaking
through all kinds of discoveries, dangers, and twists. Set some
disbelief aside and expect lots of flying places and a careful pieces
together of intricate clues with a little help from his well connected
friends.
Even though it is part of a series, Deep Fury can be appreciated as a standalone novel. However, you may find yourself looking back at the other books in the series if you start with this action-packed seventh outing. Thanks to Blackstone Publishing for providing me with an advance reader's copy via NetGalley. My review is voluntary and expresses my honest opinion.
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