The Spy (An Isaac Bell Adventure) - Hardcover

Cussler, Clive; Scott, Justin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399156437 ISBN 13: 9780399156434

Publisher: Putnam Pub Group, 2010

Synopsis

Investigating a disputed ruling that a brilliant pre-World War I battleship gun designer committed suicide, chief investigator Isaac Bell of the legendary Van Dorn Detective Agency discovers that an elusive spy with ties to a top-secret project has been staging the killings of America's leading technological minds.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

1908, and American engineering geniuses are being killed off one by one . . .

When a brilliant battleship gun designer commits suicide, his disbelieving family turn to the legendary Van Dorn Detective Agency. Quickly on the case, Isaac Bell establishes that the clues point not to suicide, but murder.

So when further deaths connected to a top-secret project follow, Bell realizes that this is sabotage. With the world plunging towards war, it's clear a spy is at large. But which of the many foreign agents he has encountered is responsible? Or is there a more sinister explanation?

In a blistering story featuring dreadnaught battleships and railroads, criminal gangs and beautiful women, The Spy is breathtaking thriller that just happens to have at stake the fate of the world . . .

About the Author:

Clive Cussler is the author of many New York Times bestsellers, most recently The Spy and Lost Empire. He lives in Arizona.

About this edition

• Publisher: Putnam Pub Group
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0399156437
• ISBN 13: 9780399156434
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 436