The Spy

The latest rip-roaring adventure in the highly successful new historical thriller series that opened with The Chase.Isaac Bell is on the hunt for the killer of some of America's finest minds . . .1908. When a brilliant American battleship gun designer kills himself, his grief-stricken daughter is deeply suspicious. She turns to the legendary Van Dorn Detective Agency where chief investigator Isaac Bell finds clues that indicate murder.Uncovering more suspicious deaths, Bell realises that someone - an elusive spy - is orchestrating the destruction of America's brightest technological minds. And the murders all connect to a top-secret project known as Hull 44.As Bell gets closer to the truth and the spy himself he is pitted against German, Japanese, and British agents. More than the future of his country is at stake - it's the fate of the world.

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.

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 . . .

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