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Portrait of Marcus Reed
Portrait of Marcus Reed
Former federal investigator

Marcus Reed

“Someone is lying.”

Marcus brings the conventional crime-investigation dimension: interviews, pressure-reading, institutional instinct and the ability to detect the story people want to sell.

Age · 52Recurring team
Specialties

What they bring

Interrogation, surveillance, security and corporate investigations.

Working style

How they approach a case

Blunt, economical and skeptical of polished narratives.

Limitation

Pressure point

He can interpret concealment too quickly when confusion or bureaucracy might still explain the mess.

Book 1

Relevance in The Water Line

In The Water Line, Marcus keeps pressure on the human side of the case, especially when the dead technician’s story begins to look less and less accidental.

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Return to the team page

Ethan, Maya, Marcus and Lena follow the same cases from very different professional angles.

Linked sections

Casework and Books

Discover the team’s investigative method and the first novel where their skills are put to the test.