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Former DEA agent John Marquez brings gritty investigative techniques and a clouded past to his role as head of a special operations unit of the California Department of Fish and Game. In the second thrilling case of this masterful series, Marquez and his team's cover is blown, leaving him caught between a ruthless band of bear poachers, a corrupt local game warden, and a county detective obsessed with a murderer-at-large. Meanwhile, Marquez's own fragile family is left wide open to mortal danger. Night Game hits hard and moves fast toward a finish that ricochets through wilderness, backwoods towns, and the darker recesses of greed.
Russell introduced a highly original detective, an officer in the California Department of Fish and Game, in last year's Shell 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. Russell writes of the wilds with deep knowledge, making his story achingly credible. --Booklist
"With its complex plotting and tough yet honorable protagonist, this exciting outdoor crime series is just the ticket for fans of C.J. Box's Joe Pickett and Joseph Heywood's Grady Service." --Library Journal
"Genuine evil and heart-stopping action are not reserved solely for the gritty inner city, but flourish as well in Kirk Russell's rural California settings in his second John Marquez outing, Night Game. This is a series, and an author, to hitch on to." --C.J. Box, author of Trophy Hunt
"Kirk Russell writes with the clarity of a mountain stream. He has captured a fascinating subculture and peopled it with characters deep enough to drown in. The story flows through the brain with an exhilarating rush." --Nevada Barr, author of High Country
"Night Game is an engaging, harrowing, and at times heart-breaking tale told with crisp but evocative prose. Author Kirk Russell guides us through a world of ruthless bear poachers and organ harvesters, with an unerring eye for how the marginalized mandate of wildlife protectors opens up into a much larger story of who we are and how we live. A bracing, convincing, and heartfelt read." --David Corbett, author of The Devil's Redhead and Done For a Dime
Anonymous
Posted December 9, 2004
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, the second installment in the John Marquez crime fiction series. Intelligent characters, well-paced plot, an insight into a world I knew nothing about, the illegal trafficking in bear bile (just as the first Marquez explored the world of abalone smuggling, another world previously unknown to me) - plus, to top it all off, good writing. One could hardly ask for anything more, except a third installment. As to that, I understand one is on the way, one focusing on caviar and sturgeon trafficking, with a special appearance by Russian mobsters. I'm looking forward to it already. In the meantime, though, check out Night Game. You won't be disappointed.
7 out of 7 people found this review helpful.
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Posted May 29, 2012
This is not the type of book I normally read (nonfiction, scifi, classics) so it was hard to get used to the writing style but overall I think it was a good book. It kept me entertained and was a good vacation read. I thought the plot was very interesting- haven't found anything related to Fish and Game mysteries ever. If you want an easy, interesting read I recommend it!
5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Posted December 5, 2012
Leave it to harriet klausner to ruin another book with her cliff note plot spoiler. Bn needs to delete all her plot spoiling posts.
4 out of 11 people found this review helpful.
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Posted May 29, 2012
Russell sets his books in beautiful parts of California that don't make the news, the people actually understand nature, not like so many "nature lovers", and Marquez has a real life outside of his work. I also like that Marquez and his family aren't at odds over his work's demands for a change.
4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.California Department of Fish & Game Special Operations Chief Lieutenant John Marquez and his undercover team investigate poachers using torturous devices to capture, and slaughter bears to sell body parts to healers. The violators are organized, professional, and one step ahead of the game wardens because they hacked into the law enforcement computers. No one interferes with this shadowy group¿s lucrative business and if threatening the wardens and their families fails, murder will follow and may have already occurred.................................. Meanwhile as he struggles to do his job without endangering his loved ones, John investigates disgraced game warden, Bill Petroni at the same time that homicide detective Jack Kendal suspects Bill for murder of a camper last year. The link is Bill¿s live in lover Sophie Broussard, who has ties to bear poaching and other illegal activities. Could Bill have provided insider information to a deadly group intent on keeping their profits the envy of the Fortune 500 firms?................... The atmosphere is incredible as the picturesque Northern California Mountains come across as sinister and dangerous as any urban noir scene. John is terrific with his ethics pulled in several directions due to concern for his family, his team and their family, the bears he is supposed to protect, and doing his job. The enemy is the key as they are shadowy yet successful, which leads to intrigue balanced against cruelty and cynicism from government officials whose vision is a paraphrase from the Eisenhower administration that what is good for business is good for the USA. This is a fabulous tale in which justice and morality struggles against making a buck at any cost (as long as someone else pays the tab)....................... Harriet Klausner
3 out of 11 people found this review helpful.
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Posted February 15, 2013
I'll look for other books in the Series. Well told story with interesting twists. Believable to an ex-cop
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Posted January 17, 2013
This book was hard for me to get interested in, but once I did it was a very good book.
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Posted December 28, 2012
Thought it was to contrived. Finished it just to finish it.
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Posted December 28, 2012
The story includes too many character,game wardens,poochers,girls,lawmen. I just found it too hard to follow,but I always continue to the end.
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Posted December 28, 2012
Living in California I knew all the areas the author wrote about. And I always like that. This book was about the law enforcement that protects our wild animals, in this case bears. It brought up problems I never knew about concerning selling bear parts to black markets for profit. And after reading this book I want to investigate more on the subject in a non-fiction setting. It is a page turner for sure.
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Posted December 28, 2012
Moves slower then I expected but lots of twists.
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Posted December 14, 2012
Forced myself to finish it. Not worth the time
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Posted December 7, 2012
I gave on this book after 37 pages. Very hard to read, as the author doesn't punctuate well. I grew tired of rereading sentences to make sense of them.
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Posted December 6, 2012
I recommend this book to anyone else that it gay buzzums
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Posted December 5, 2012
This is very simple. All u hav 2 do is skip the reviews that r mpte than 2;pages long. Obviosly u r 2 stupod 2 figure it out on ur on. I like harriets reviews. Unlike u, i dont have the money 2 by al of the salevbooks. So do me a favor, and shut ur dum trap. Some people dont appreciate wen others whine about everything. Why dont u worry about something that is going to matter like wen u die or something!
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Overview
Former DEA agent John Marquez brings gritty investigative techniques and a clouded past to his role as head of a special operations unit of the California Department of Fish and Game. In the second thrilling case of this masterful series, Marquez and his team's cover is blown, leaving him caught between a ruthless band of bear poachers, a corrupt local game warden, and a county detective obsessed with a murderer-at-large. Meanwhile, Marquez's own fragile family is left wide open to mortal danger. Night Game hits ...