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Deep Fury by David FreedAbout No Lie Lasts Forever, from the publisher:
The latest entry in the Cordell Logan series is smooth, witty, and a joy to read. Logan is a former government assassin turned flight instructor. He’s a wannabe Buddha. His student pilots learn in a Cessna 172 called the Ruptured Duck. He’s a burrito aficionado. He lives in a converted garage apartment in a seaside California town called Rancho Bonito. with his “orange blimp” of a cat named Kiddiot. The case here involves a dead guy who literally fell out of the sky. It’s Logan’s old wingman from his U.S. Air Force days. The plot moves from the obvious (drug cartels) into something more interesting and a tad more complex about government and military technology. What you get with Cordell Logan is a jaded but-still-willing-to-help worldview and, in Deep Fury, a story engine that purrs like the Ruptured Duck’s engine, thrumming along with...[read on]
Zodiac with a terrifying twist, in a taut thriller from author Mark Stevens about a reformed serial killer and the disgraced journalist he coaxes into finding the imposter trading on his name.Visit Mark Stevens's website.
When a reporter dies in a shockingly familiar way, the media rushes to announce the return of the PDQ Killer. The city of Denver reels, but no one more than HarryKugel. After all, he is the PDQ Killer―or was fifteen years ago. And he didn’t do this.
Still working to reform his ways, Harry won’t let some amateur murderer ride his twisted coattails and risk drawing the police back his way. To protect his legacy and quiet new life, he’ll have to expose the copycat. Without exposing himself.
Disgraced TV journalist Flynn Martin holds the key. After a botched hostage situation, she’ll do anything to revive her dying career―even hunt down a monster who executed one of her own.
Harry must convince Flynn to follow him into the heady world of a killer. But with the law closing in and a rival at large, he starts to feel the familiar pull of old urges…
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