The Gangster

The latest nerve-shredding adventure thriller in the popular Isaac Bell series from international bestseller Clive CusslerIt is 1906, and in New York City, the Italian crime group known as the Black Hand is on a spree- kidnapping, extortion, arson. Detective Isaac Bell of the Van Dorn Agency is hired to form a special Black Hand Squad, but the gangsters appear to be everywhere so much so that Bell begins to wonder if there are imitators, criminals using the name for the terror effect. And then the murders begin, each one of a man more powerful than the last, and as Bell discovers, to his dismay, the ultimate target may be the most powerful man of all.

“Cussler is hard to beat”

The ninth book in the action-packed series featuring Isaac Bell, from Sunday Times bestseller Clive Cussler
Crime, corruption and murder in the back alleys of New York . . . a vicious organisation is terrorising the city and only one man can stop them

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Daily Mail
The guy I read -- Tom Clancy
The Adventure King Sunday Express
Nobody does it better... nobody! Stephen Coonts
Just about the best storyteller in the business New York Post

Clive Cussler (Author)Clive Cussler was the author and co-author of a great number of international bestsellers, including the famous Dirk Pitt adventures, such as Celtic Empire; the NUMA Files adventures, most recently Fast Ice; the Oregon Files, such as Marauder; the Isaac Bell historical thrillers, which began with The Chase; and the recent Fargo Adventures, which lastly included Wrath of Poseidon. Cussler died in 2020.Justin Scott (Author)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.

The Black Hand Strikes 1906, New York City. Italian gangsters calling themselves the Black Hand terrorize citizens in a menacing spree of kidnapping, extortion and arson. Who dares stop them? Detective Isaac Bell of the Van Dorn Agency is hired to form a special 'Black Hand Squad' - but with each gangster caught a new one appears on the street. Are these new recruits or other criminals imitating the Black Hand? Where are these men coming from? Murder is just the beginning . . . Then the killings start. Each victim is a man more powerful than the last. Bell is convinced that he's facing a murderous organization hell bent on bringing the city to its knees. But that's before he discovers their ultimate target - the most powerful man in the country: the President of the United States . . . 'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail

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