by Kirk Russell
KIRK RUSSELL is also the author of Shell Games and Night Game, the first two books in the John Marquez crime novel series. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. His Web site is www.kirk-russell.com.
Copyright © 2005 by Kirk Russell
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher.
This is a work of fi ction. Names, places, characters, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fi ctionally. Any resemblance to actual people, places, or events is entirely coincidental.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Russell, Kirk, 1954-
Deadgame: a John Marquez crime novel / by Kirk Russell.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-8118-5078-1
1. Marquez, John (Fictitious character)—Fiction.
2. California. Dept. of Fish and Game—Fiction.
3. Government investigators—Fiction.
4. Sturgeon fi sheries—Fiction.
5. California—Fiction.
6. Poaching—Fiction. I. Title: Dead game. II. Title.
PS3618.U76D43 2005
813’.6—dc22
2005013530
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