The Marauders by Tom Cooper

The Louisiana town of Jeanette has been devastated by a oil spill.  The shrimpers in particular are having a rough time.  Not even the locals want to eat the tained shrimp.

Brady Grimes, who grew up in the town, has returned to try to gloss over the situation for BP.

Wes Trench, who only wants his own shrimp boat, finds himself teaming up with Gus Lindquist in search of a lost treasure.

The treasure hunt brings them unknowingly too close to the hidden dope fields of Reginald and Victor Toup, twin drug lords who are not above killing to protect their territory.

Then there is Cosgrove and Hanson who are looking for the Toup's magical Marajauna for themselves.

As you can tell there are A LOT of characters in this novel, though Wes is probably the most central character, as the story begins and ends with them.

This novel changes POV throughout the whole book, bouncing from character to character and back again.  I don't really like this style of writing.  

Of all the characters, the BP middle man seemed to serve no point to further the plot.

I was more interested in Lindquist and his search for Jean Lafitte's treasure than any of the other stories in this novel.  It was his search that kept me reading through the whole thing.

I would give this novel 3 out of 5 stars.  I didn't hate it, but I doubt I'll read it again.

This is the authors first novel, but Tom Cooper has been published in dozens of literary magazines and journals, most recently in Oxford American, Mid-American Review, Gulf Coast, Boulevard, and Willow Springs. His stories have been nominated four times for the Pushcart Prize. He lives in New Orleans.

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