Authors: Kirk Russell
Night Game (29 page)
I’d like to thank Assistant Chief Nancy Foley, Lieutenant Kathy Ponting, and Assistant Chief of the South Coast Region, Mervin Hee, of California Fish and Game. The novel wouldn’t have happened without their generosity and help. Thanks also to Greg Estes, Branch Russell, Lydia McIntosh, Adrian Muller, Jennifer Semon, Tim Stokes, John Buffington, Tony Broadbent, Paul Hansen, and Andrew Livengood. Barbara Peters for turning her keen eye to the early chapters. Jay Schaefer, thoughtful and gifted editor. Philip Spitzer, agent and friend. My family, daughters Kate and Olivia, and most of all, Judy. Finishing a first novel and getting published was exhilarating. Judy, finishing this second makes me remember a morning when we hiked for hours up through a long forested slope into sunlight, and finally could see how big the mountain really was. It’s been possible to undertake this difficult business of trying to launch a career writing novels because of your belief in me. There are no words adequate to thank you.
Copyright ©2004 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 fiction. Names, places, characters, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictionally. Any resemblance to actual people, places, or events is entirely coincidental.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Russell, Kirk, 1954–
Night game : a John Marquez crime novel / Kirk Russell.
ISBN 978-1-4521-1016-5
1. California. Dept. of Fish and Game—Fiction. 2. Government investigators—Fiction. 3. Bear hunting—Fiction. 4. California—Fiction. 5. Poaching--Fiction. 6. Poachers—Fiction.
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