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The Assassin

The Assassin

Isaac Bell #8

Summary

A nerve-shredding adventure thriller in the popular Isaac Bell series from international bestseller Clive Cussler

KANSAS, 1905

On a new well out on the plains an assassin's bullet kills oilman Spike Hopewell. Minutes later an explosion rips apart his refinery.

Death and destruction - just another bad day at the well?

Except Isaac Bell of the Van Dorn Detective Agency witnessed everything. He's trailing a murderer who has been targeting anyone brave enough to stand against the powerful interests of Standard Oil.

It's a cat and mouse chase which leads Bell to Texas and New York in pursuit of the sharpest shooter in the land.


Yet there's more to this assassin than meets the eye.

And they're creeping closer to Bell with each passing day . . .



Praise for Clive Cussler:

Cussler is hard to beat - Daily Mail

The guy I read - Tom Clancy

The Adventure King - Sunday Express

Reviews

  • Cussler is hard to beat
    Daily Mail

About the authors

Clive Cussler

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Justin Scott

Justin Scott is the author of twenty-six novels, including The Shipkiller and Normandie Triangle, the Ben Abbot detective series, and five modern sea thrillers under his pen name Paul Garrison. He currently co-writes the Isaac Bell series with Clive Cussler. He lives in Connecticut.
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