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The Commander [Mass Market Paperback]

Patrick A. Davis (Author)
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)


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October 26, 2004
After being unfairly denied promotion by a vindictive general, Air Force investigator Major Burton Webber resigned his commission in disgust. While working in his wife's shop outside South Korea's Osan Air Base, he's asked for help by an old friend from the service. A local Amerasian bar beauty has been savagely murdered in a lavish apartment -- and the powers that be want the case solved quickly and quietly.

But when his investigation points him toward the upper echelons of both the Korean and American governments, he realizes that he's being used as a pawn in a twisted international conspiracy of money, power, and murder -- a conspiracy in which Burton Webber has just outlived his usefulness....


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From Publishers Weekly

Davis's fourth novel is a chilling murder mystery set in Song-tan, South Korea, where racism, danger and corruption abound. Former air force criminal investigator Maj. Burt Webber is now a civilian living with his wife, Chung-hee, helping her run a jewelry store in the seedy bar district near a U.S. air base. He has resigned from the air force in disgust after a flap with his general over his own marriage to a foreign national. When a local bar girl is brutally murdered in a ritzy apartment, Burt's old pal, Col. Ray Johnson, asks him to help solve the crime. Strings are pulled to get him back on the job, but none of his superiors' assurances add up and he is not even sure who he is working for. Burt and his new partner, Lt. Susan Torres, a tough military cop, work closely with Sammy, a Korean police detective who has learned most of his English from American action movies. They believe that American and Korean officials want the case solved, but there's a stink of cover-up and conspiracy after all, who really cares about another dead bar girl? Even Ray lies through his teeth, and it takes a while for Burt to realize he's been had. The truth is, nobody wants the murder solved, and Burt is just an expendable patsy in a game of geopolitics where saving face and promoting business are most important. Davis (The Colonel) combines convincing police procedure with plenty of head-scratching clues, twists and dead ends. His portrayal of South Korean culture is vivid and revealing, a superb backdrop for a bona fide thriller.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Booklist

Davis' fourth thriller set in the world of the military--following The Colonel (2001)--is, as usual, a crafty, detail-rich mystery with plenty of atmosphere. His latest, set in South Korea, stars Major Burton Webber, an air force investigator who resigned his commission to go to work in his Korean wife's jewelry store. When he reluctantly agrees to take on a particularly delicate investigation--someone has murdered a beautiful woman who may have high-level connections--he's forced to put his own life on the line. The plot is fairly traditional, but Davis works enough variations on the theme to make it seem fresh again. His deft characterizations (he can tell us a lot about someone in very few words) keep us engaged, and his smooth storytelling allows him to keep crucial details secret until they sneak up on us and whack us over the head. Davis (a former major in the air force) has yet to write a "great" military thriller, but he's pushing "very good" to its limit. David Pitt
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

  • Mass Market Paperback: 464 pages
  • Publisher: Pocket Books (October 26, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0743475720
  • ISBN-13: 978-0743475723
  • Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #576,049 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars good, solid mystery, December 10, 2004
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Pangloss "soldierblue" (Woodstock, Georgia USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Commander (Hardcover)
This is a mystery that explores the politics and culture of South Korea through a couple of military investigators and a Korean detective. It has a lot of plot twists that make you wonder if the cops will ever figure out who the culprit is. Right before it ends, the reader has to suspect everyone. The dialog zips right along making for a good quick read.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Page-Turner, January 12, 2003
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George Buttner "Agent0042" (Dayton, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Commander (Hardcover)
"The Commander" is truly an excellent piece of suspense and mystery writing. Set in Korea, a man passed up for promotion by the military is called back on the job to solve the murder of a dancer known as the "Tiger Lady." As he delves into the case, he finds it more and more difficult to figure out who he can trust. Numerous plot twists keep the reader guessing and the story has an ending you probably won't see coming.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Another Winner From Patrick Davis, July 24, 2006
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Major Burton Webber resigned from the military when he was passed over for promotion because he married a Korean woman. He had been in charge of the OSI office at a military base in South Korea. His former commanding officer wanted him back to be in charge of the investigation of a politically sensitive murder of a beautiful bar dancer. Plenty of intrigue and excitement as he weaves his way thru the complex plot. The reader wonders right up till the dramatic ending who the killer was. Very interesting also was the lesson in Korean culture. Really a superb page turner.
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IT WAS ANOTHER MUGGY SUMMER EVENING IN SONGtan, South Korea, and industrial city roughly sixty miles south of Seoul, and I was playing salesman in my wife's jewelry store located in the Ville, the GI term for the ten square blocks of shops, bars, and whorehouses outside the main gate of Osan Air Base. Read the first page
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General Muller, Major Wilson, Colonel Johnson, Ambassador Gregson, Air Force, Lieutenant Sam, Sergeant Barnette, Sergeant Riley, Provincial Police, Airman Collins, Chief Ritter, Lieutenant Torres, Roger Gentry, Major Sean Wilson, New York, Airman Tanner, Davis Sammy, Uncle Chun, Chrysler Sebring, Davis Muller, General Pak, Sochon Road
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