Kirk Russell

A Ben Raveneau Thriller

1 - A Killing in China Basin (Sep-2011)
2 - Counterfeit Road (May-2012)
3 - One Through the Heart (Mar-2013)

A John Marquez Crime Novel

1 - Shell Games (Sep-2003)
2 - Night Game (Oct-2004)
3 - Dead Game (Sep-2005)
4 - Redback (Feb-2011)
5 - Die-Off (Nov-2013)

A Paul Grale Thriller

1 - Signature Wounds (Mar-2017)
2 - Gone Dark (Mar-2018)
3 - No Hesitation (Apr-2020)

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  Shell Games
  

  • Sep-2003
  • / Law Enforcement
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  A John Marquez Crime Novel - 1
  

  Masters of crime fiction immediately hailed Shell Games, which introduced a dynamic new hero and an exciting new author. Michael Connelly: "You know when you read this one that you are on to something good. Kirk Russell comes out of the gate with a s...

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  Night Game
  

  • Oct-2004
  • / Police Procedural
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  A John Marquez Crime Novel - 2
  

  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...

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  Dead Game
  

  • Sep-2005
  • / Law Enforcement
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  A John Marquez Crime Novel - 3
  

  Named one of the top ten crime novels of 2005 by the American Library Association, Deadgame 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 Califor...

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  Redback
  

  • Feb-2011
  • / Law Enforcement
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  A John Marquez Crime Novel - 4
  

  Eighteen years ago, Special Agent John Marquez was forced to watch as his informant, Billy Takado, was gunned down, the victim of a set-up by criminal mastermind Emrahain Stoval. In the fallout from the affair, Marquez lost his job. Now, working for ...

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  A Killing in China Basin
  

  • Sep-2011
  • / Police Procedural
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  A Ben Raveneau Thriller - 1
  

  Many consider homicide detective Ben Raveneau to be at the tail end of his career--not least his ambitious young partner, Elizabeth la Rosa. But Raveneau’s long experience proves invaluable during the pair’s investigation of a murder in San Franc...

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  Counterfeit Road
  

  • May-2012
  • / Police Procedural
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  A Ben Raveneau Thriller - 2
  

  Twenty-two years to the day, a videotape of an unsolved 1989 murder arrives at the San Francisco Homicide Detail. So starts Counterfeit Road, second of the series and San Francisco homicide inspector Ben Raveneau's toughest cold case. The victim, Ala...

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  One Through the Heart
  

  • Mar-2013
  • / Police Procedural
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  A Ben Raveneau Thriller - 3
  

  The explosive new Ben Raveneau thriller. Bones in a backyard bomb shelter reactivate a San Francisco cold case and a painful connection for Raveneau after missing Ann Coryell’s desperate call for help a decade ago. But he sees something much darker...

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  Die-Off
  

  • Nov-2013
  • / Mystery
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  A John Marquez Crime Novel - 5
  

  John Marquez is back - but his mission is the same: shut down animal traffickers. Still attached to the California Fish & Game's Special Operations Unit, it's the open, unsolved investigations that now land on his desk. Then a tip call comes whi...

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  Signature Wounds
  

  • Mar-2017
  • / Political Thriller
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  A Paul Grale Thriller - 1
  

  While in Las Vegas on his way to a family Fourth of July celebration, FBI bomb expert Paul Grale hears a deep blast and sees the smoke rising. In an unfolding nightmare, Grale discovers his sister, brother-in-law, and many friends were caught up in t...

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  Gone Dark
  

  • Mar-2018
  • / Thriller
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  A Paul Grale Thriller - 2
  

  America is under siege as Special Agent Paul Grale exposes a devastating act of domestic terrorism that becomes explosively personal. When a series of coordinated blasts takes down several Los Angeles power stations, FBI bomb tech Paul Grale is ta...

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  No Hesitation
  

  • Apr-2020
  • / Thriller
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  A Paul Grale Thriller - 3
  

  The world is on edge, threat chatter is way up, and enemies are on the move in Kirk Russell's powerful third installment in the Paul Grale thriller series.FBI bomb tech Paul Grale isn't a computer expert, but he knows trouble when he sees it. Indepen...

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  Wolf Tracks
  

  • Jun-2024
  • / General Fiction
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  Author Kirk Russell returns to the wilderness-this time with a love story and a dark crime. As a long undercover assignment ends, Special Agent Mark McCabe of the US Fish and Wildlife Service learns that the bullet-riddled, bloodstained SUV found in ...

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