Underground Connection

About the Book

David Montgomery is a reporter for the San Francisco Clarion Newspaper, and lives on a sailboat. At one of the city functions he meets the chief engineer for the City’s massive wastewater construction project. Later David takes him for a sailboat ride and they discover wastewater coming from a pipe that should be dry. Later the engineer disappears and David searches for him. When the chief engineer is found dead in one of the sewers, David investigates whether it is an accident or murder. The trail leads David though all the phases of the project and the companies that are building it. What he finds is that not everyone is who they seem to be. Even his romantic interests are open to suspicion.

About the Author

Marc spent more than 20 years as a journalist. More than five of those years were in San Francisco at the San Francisco Progress Newspaper, with the title of Investigative reporter. The series of articles he wrote about the City’s waste-water program were nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Marc hosted a Public TV information program series about San Francisco City Government. He covered the death of Congressman Leo Ryan of San Mateo and the Murder of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone.

Marc grew up in rural Indiana and attended DePauw University in Indiana. He is a Vietnam Veteran.