The Bootlegger by Clive Cussler (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Bootlegger by Clive Cussler, Justin Scott Detective Isaac Bell is on the hunt for justice in this extraordinary adventure in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.It is 1921, and Prohibition is in full swing—even as millions still imbibe and ruthless criminals get rich overnight by selling them booze. Cops, Feds, and Coast Guardsmen are all susceptible to bribery. But when Bells boss and lifelong friend Joseph Van Dorn is shot and near-fatally wounded while chasing bootleggers, he enters the fray.Bell promises Van Dorn that he will try to save the detective agency from the corrupting effects of Prohibition. But when the first witness to Van Dorns shooting is executed in a ruthlessly efficient manner invented by the CHEKA, the Russian Communist secret police, Bell finds himself combating men far more deadly than ordinary criminals. And hes about to fight a one-man war… FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography CLIVE CUSSLER is the author or coauthor of more than fifty previous books in five bestselling series, including Dirk Pitt®, NUMA® Files, Oregon® Files, Isaac Bell, and Fargo.His most recent New York Times bestselling novels are The Eye of Heaven, Mirage, and Ghost Ship. His nonfiction works include Built for Adventure: The Classic Automobiles of Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt, plus The Sea Hunters, and The Sea Hunters II; the latter two describe the true adventures of the real NUMA®, which, led by Cussler, searches for lost ships of historic significance. With his crew of volunteers, Cussler has discovered more than sixty ships, including the long-lost Confederate submarine Hunley. He lives in Colorado.JUSTIN SCOTTs novels include The Shipkiller and Normandie Triangle; the Ben Abbott detective series; and five modern sea thrillers published under his pen name Paul Garrison. The coauthor with Clive Cussler of four previous Isaac Bell novels, he lives in Connecticut. Review "Another wonderful page-turner."—Library Journal (starred review)"The Isaac Bell series continues to tell compelling stories."—The Associated Press"Another fine entry in a strong series. Cussler is a perennial A-lister, popularity-wise, and his Isaac Bell novels are the pick of his prodigious litter."—Booklist"[A] laudable historical action novel."—Publishers Weekly Review Quote "Another wonderful page-turner."- Library Journal (starred review) "The Isaac Bell series continues to tell compelling stories."-The Associated Press "Another fine entry in a strong series. Cussler is a perennial A-lister, popularity-wise, and his Isaac Bell novels are the pick of his prodigious litter."- Booklist "[A] laudable historical action novel."- Publishers Weekly Excerpt from Book 1 Two men in expensive clothes, a bootlegger and his bodyguard, dangled a bellboy upside down from the Hotel Gothams parapet. The bodyguard held him by his ankles, nineteen stories above 55th Street. It was night. No one saw, and the boys screams were drowned out by the Fifth Avenue buses, the El thundering up Sixth, and trolley bells clanging on Madison. The bootlegger shouted down at him, "Every bellhop in the hotel sells my booze! Whatsamatter with you?" Church spires and mansion turrets reached for him like teeth. "Last chance, sonny." A tall man in a summer suit glided silently across the roof. He drew a Browning automatic from his coat and a throwing knife from his boot. He mounted the parapet and pressed the pistol to the body- guards temple. "Hold tight." The bodyguard froze. The bootlegger shrank from the blade pricking his throat. "Who the--" "Isaac Bell. Van Dorn Agency. Sling him in on the count of two." "If you shoot, we drop him." "Youll have holes in your heads before he passes the eighteenth floor . . . On my count: One! Pull him up. Two! Swing him over the edge . . . Lay him on the roof-- Are you O.K., son?" The bellboy had tears in his eyes. He nodded, head bobbing like a puppet. "Go downstairs," Isaac Bell told him, sliding his knife back in his boot and shifting the automatic to his left hand. "Tell your boss Chief Investigator Bell said to give you the week off and a fifty-dollar bonus for standing up to bootleggers." The bodyguard chose his moment well. When the tall detective reached down to help the boy stand, he swung a heavy, ring-studded fist. Skillfully thrown with the full power of a big mans muscle behind it, it was blocked before it traveled four inches. A bone-cracking counterpunch staggered him. His knees buckled and he collapsed on the tar. The bootlegger shot empty hands into the sky. "O.K., O.K." The van Dorn detective agency--an operation with field offices in every city in the country and many abroad--maintained warm relations with the police. But Isaac Bell spotted trouble when he walked into the 54th Street precinct house. The desk sergeant couldnt meet his eye. Bell reached across the high desk to shake his hand anyway. This particular sergeants father, retired roundsman Paddy ORiordan, augmented his pension as a part-time night watchman for Van Dorn Protective Services. "Hows your dad?" Paddy was doing fine. "Any chance of interviewing the bootlegger we caught at the Gotham?" "The big guys at the hospital getting his jaw wired." "I want the little one, the boss." "Surety company paid his bond." Bell was incensed. " Bail? For attempted murder?" "They expect the protection they pay for," said Sergeant ORiordan, poker-faced. "What I would do next time, Mr. Bell, instead of calling us, throw them in the river." Bell watched for the cops reaction when he replied, "I reckoned Coasties would fish them out." ORiordan agreed with a world-weary "Yeah," confirming the rumors that even some officers of the United States Coast Guard--the arm of the Treasury Department charged with enforcing Prohibition at sea--were in the bootleggers pockets. Starting this afternoon, thought Bell, the Van Dorns would put a stop to that. One big hand firm on the throttle of his S-1 Flying Yacht, the other on the wheel, Isaac Bell began racing down the East River for take-off speed. He dodged a railcar float and steered into a rapidly narrowing slot between a tugboat pushing a fleet of coal barges and another towing a bright red barge of dynamite. Joseph Van Dorn, the burly, scarlet- whiskered founder of the detective agency, sat beside him in the open cockpit, lost in thought. The Greenpoint ferry surged out of the 23rd Street Terminal straight in their path. The sight of the slab-sided vessel, suddenly enormous in their windshield, made Joseph Van Dorn sit up straight. A brave and cool-headed man, he asked, "Do we have time to stop?" Bell shoved his throttle wide open. The Liberty engine mounted behind them on the wing thundered. He hauled hard on the wheel. The Loening S-1 held speed and altitude records but was notoriously slow to respond to the controls. Bell had replaced its stick and pedals with a combined steering and elevating Bl Details ISBN0425272818 Author Justin Scott Short Title BOOTLEGGER Language English ISBN-10 0425272818 ISBN-13 9780425272817 Media Book DEWEY FIC Series Number 7 Residence Denver, CO, US Year 2015 Publication Date 2015-03-03 Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2015-03-03 NZ Release Date 2015-03-03 US Release Date 2015-03-03 UK Release Date 2015-03-03 Pages 464 Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc Series An Isaac Bell Adventure Format Paperback Imprint G P Putnams Sons Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:92653322;

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