John Marquez crime novels

The discovery of thousands of empty abalone shells and two murdered divers sends Lieutenant John Marquez's poaching investigation in a newand very riskydirection. Former DEA agent and now head of a special operations unit of the California Department of Fish and Game, Marquez learns he himself has been targeted as the next victim. Stalking him is Kline, a vicious drug smuggler turned abalone poacher who has a vendetta against Marquez. John Marquez

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Named one of the top ten crime novels of 2005 by the American Library Association, Dead Game marks the return of "far and away the most inventive new detective hero" (Booklist). Ex-DEA agent John Marquez, now head of the undercover unit of the California Department of Fish and Game, is closing in on sturgeon poachers, whose highly profitable caviar trade is backed by the Russian mafia. When his key confidential informant disappears, Marquez follows...

Lieutenant John Marquez has a new role - but his mission remains the same. Still attached to the California Fish and Game's Special Operations Unit, it's the open, unsolved animal trafficking investigations that now land on his desk. He's on the hunt for a notorious trafficker named Rider, who's rumoured to have a hideout in mountainous northern California. Then a tip comes. The call reveals the location of a gun used to kill two young women camping...