Product Description

John Marquez, formerly of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, heads the California Department of Fish and Game special operations unit. Next to drugs, poaching is the largest source of illegal profit in the state. Called out to investigate two dead divers, Marquez finds evidence pointing to an old nemesis-the man who murdered fellow DEA agents years before. "Russell should walk off with the award for far and away the most inventive new detective hero." -Booklist

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1099511 in Books
• Published on: 2004-09-21
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 347 pages

From Booklist
In recent years, mystery writers seem to have entered a secret contest to see who could come up with the best variant on the traditional detective heroes: cops or ex-cops (usually wounded or traumatized) turned private eyes. Russell should walk off with the award for far and away the most inventive new detective hero--an ex-DEA agent who now heads a covert special operations unit of the California Department of Fish and Game. Lieutenant Marquez's job is to protect wildlife, but two discoveries--a slew of empty abalone shells and the bodies of two murdered divers--propel Marquez back into his narc-fighting days. Behind the empty shells and the slain divers is a drug runner making big money smuggling abalone. The plot moves, credibly and intriguingly, from Marquez's bewildering discovery to a fight for his own life as the drug lord hunts him down. A first-rate start to a projected series. Connie Fletcher
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Booklist
"Russell should walk off with the award for far and away the most inventive new detective hero."

About the Author
Kirk Russell is a former building contractor. This is his first book.