Marker: A Crime Novel

by Lowell Cauffiel

Book Overview

He runs a $100-a-week tab at the Anchor Bar, keeps in touch with a friend who dealt weed in the Sixties, and sips bourbon from a Styrofoam cup on his drive home to the 'burbs. Now, Judge Nelson Connor... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312155832
• ISBN13: 9780312155834
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Marker is marvelous

I don't usually read the truly gritty novels, but this one caught my attention from the very beginning. Who could resist a novel that begins with yellow smiley faces on the walls of the Jackson prison and a convict who thinks he knows it all? Then there's the judge, a cocky personality who thinks he's got it all under control. The judge is a boozer & also does drugs. Unwillingly he goes to Alcoholics Anonymous and then his house of cards begins to tumble down around his head. Everything seems to be going wrong. Excellent writing, marvelous flow to the narrative and an insightful peek into the psyches of the various people involved. Highly recommended.