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Hot Start

A Cordell Logan Mystery, Book 5

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Hot Start

By: David Freed
Narrated by: Ray Porter
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About this listen

The next fast-paced installment in the Cordell Logan series, Hot Start is an adrenaline-fueled, action-packed thrill ride.

One sweltering summer night, a notorious, international big-game hunter and his beautiful wife are shot dead—at long range—while swimming naked at their seaside estate in Rancho Bonita, California. The police are convinced the perpetrator is an outspoken animal-rights activist—who happens to have both military experience and a criminal record. The evidence seems overwhelming, but soon rumors start to surface that indicate there may be more than one person with the means and motive for murder.

The last thing Cordell Logan wants is to get involved in another police investigation. But he and the suspect have mutual friends, and Logan may be the only one able to discover what really happened. At first reluctant, he soon finds himself neck deep in a confounding conspiracy that orbits a congressman with close ties to the White House and a ruthless Czech crime boss who will stop at nothing to protect his operation. Finding the truth will take Logan to places he never expected to see—and expose him to dangers he may not survive.

©2016 David Freed (P)2016 Blackstone Publishing Crime Espionage International Mystery & Crime Mystery Spies & Politics Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Exciting

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Never failed to be amazed as how involving and well written all the books in this series is

Incredible series of books

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excellent audio book with our hero once again fighting those bad guys, Ray porter always a reliable and brilliant narrator on audible and really makes the story so good.

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I love all the books in this series. So well written and Ray Porter is a fantastic narrator and makes the book such a great listen. Can’t wait to start the next one

Great book

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Sadly, this is the last for me (well I’m going back to listening to the second book which has a different narrator), but I do hope there will be more and (no offence to the other narrator, I’m sure he’ll be great) hopefully it will be narrated by Ray Porter.

Thoroughly entertaining

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