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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780399154386
ISBN number: 0399154388
Label: Putnam Adult
Manufacturer: Putnam Adult
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 416
Printing Date: November 06, 2007
Publishing house: Putnam Adult
Sale Popularity Level: 17417
Studio: Putnam Adult
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For decades, Clive Cussler has been delighting readers with novels filled with suspense, action, and sheer audacity. Now he does it again, in one of the wildest, most entertaining historical thrillers in years.
April 1950: The rusting hulk of a steam locomotive rises from the deep waters of a Montana lake. Inside is all that remains of three men who died forty-four years before. But it is not the engine or its grisly contents that interest the people watching nearby. It is what is about to come subsequent . . .
1906: For two years, the western states of America have been suffering an extraordinary crime spree: a string of bank robberies by a single man who cold- bloodedly murders any and all witnesses and then vanishes without a trace. Fed up by the depredations of the 'Butcher Bandit,' the U.S. government brings in the best man they can find-a tall, lean, no-nonsense detective named Isaac Bell, who has caught thieves and killers coast to coast.
But Bell has never had a challenge like this one. From Arizona to Colorado to the streets of San Francisco during its calamitous earthquake and fire, he pursues what is quickly becoming clear to him is the sharpest criminal mind he has ever encountered, and the woman who seems to hold the key to the bandit's identity. Using science, deduction, and intuition, Bell repeatedly draws near only to grasp at thin air, but at least he knows his pursuit is having an effect. Because his quarry is getting angry now, and has turned the chase back on him. The hunter has become the hunted. And soon it will take all of Isaac Bell's skills not merely to prevail . . . but to survive.
Filled with intricate plotting, dazzling signature set pieces, and not one but two extraordinary villains, this is the work of a master writing at the height of his powers.
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Great story. The whole time I was reading it I kept waiting for Dirk to arrive. Even though he didn't appear, this was a fun filled, can't pull the book down, adventure.
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I am a Clive Cussler Fan! I hate this book. It is so unrealistic. Terribly written. You can tell everything that is going to happen several chapters before it happens. There is no depth to the book. Really bad and no fun to read. Super simplistic.
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Clive Cussler has never been known for his dialogue,so the stilted prose and stereotyped characters were not a surprise. But I am stunned by the editorial mistakes in this volume. Dates and character names are incorrect as are some of the facts about the time period. Worst of all, Montreal has somehow slid to western Canada so that it now lies north of Montana! I suppose I could make an earthquake-related joke for that, but it would be as obvious as Cussler's dialogue. I've read lots of Clive Cussler when I was younger (which I'm now ashamed to admit), but they were never this poorly put together. This is an embarrassment!
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We liked it. It was a rip roarin' adventure through the beginning of the 20th century and the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. The protagonist is a detective for the Van Doran Agency (think Pinkerton). One must release all notions of probability to enjoy parts of this tale and listen to some rather convoluted language (coral sea purple eyes?), but it's fun and entertaining. We listened to it while traveling in our RV. It was perfect vacation reading.
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Most of my Cussler reading has been Dirk Pitt stories but I enjoyed this one just as much. The hero, Isaac Bell,a strong, intelligent (Dirk Pitt type) is a detective for a private agency. He is on the trail of a bank robber/murderer. There are still trans, cars and motorcycles in the story - in fact, they play an integral role.
Part of the story is in 1906 San Fransisco - ( history check).
A lot of fun. If you like Pitt -you should like Bell.
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