Night Game: A John Marquez Crime Novel (John Marquez Crime Novels)
Russell introduced a highly original detective, an officer in the California Department of Fish and Game, in last year'sShell Games.The return of the Fish and Game officer, John Marquez, this time working forests rather than the shore, proves the debut was no fluke. This episode's focus is on trafficking in animal parts, specifically bear bile, which is prized as an alternative medicine. Marquez's covert-operations unit flushes out part of a trafficking ring, which^Bcaptures bears and then catheterizes them to remove the bile. The traffickers up the ante by murdering a geology student, who is a member of the Bear Initiative. Marquez, an ex-DEA agent, is a real grown-up, not one of the embittered loners who too often populate procedurals. Russell writes of the wilds with deep knowledge, making his story achingly credible.Connie FletcherCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.