The spy

Description

Detective Isaac Bell, hero of The Chase and The Wrecker, returns in the remarkable new adventure from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author.It is 1908, and international tensions are mounting as the world plunges toward war. When a brilliant American battleship gun designer dies in a sensational apparent suicide, the man's grief-stricken daughter turns to the legendary Van Dorn Detective Agency to clear her father's name. Van Dorn puts his chief investigator on the case, and Isaac Bell soon realizes that the clues point not to suicide but to murder. And when more suspicious deaths follow, it becomes clear 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 called Hull 44.But that is just the beginning. As the intrigue deepens, Bell will find himself pitted against German, Japanese, and British spies, in a mission that encompasses dreadnought battleships, Teddy Roosevelt's Great White Fleet, Chinatown, Hell's Kitchen, and the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Isaac Bell has certainly faced perilous situations before, but this time it is more than the future of his country that's at stake- it's the fate of the world.

Description

Investigating a disputed ruling that a brilliant pre-World War I battleship gun designer committed suicide, chief investigator Isaac Bell discovers that an elusive spy with ties to a top-secret project has been staging the killings of America's leading technological minds. The Van Dorn Detective Agency assigns Isaac Bell to a case that will reveal whether a brilliant American battleship gun designer's death was a suicide or a murder. The plot contains profanity and violence. The coauthor is Justin Scott. Book #3

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Series Statement

• An Isaac Bell adventure

Other Editions

• The spyLarge Print Press2011-01-01
• The SpyElectronic resourcePenguin USA, Inc.2010-01-01
• The SpyPutnam2010-01-01
• The spyPenguin Audio2010-01-01
• The spyG.P. Putnam's Sons2010-01-01
• SpyPenguin Books, Limited2010-01-01