Detective Isaac Bell is back, in the extraordinary new adventure in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series.
For six books, Clive Cussler has dazzled fans with the stories of Detective Isaac Bell, the dapper, cunning operative whose adventures bring to stunning life the upheavals of the early twentieth century. About The Striker, critics said: "[Might] be the best yet in the series ... A great action thriller" (Associated Press). Bell's next assignment, however, may be his most harrowing—and most personal— to date.
It is 1921, and both Prohibition and bootlegging are in full swing. When Isaac Bell's boss and lifelong friend Joseph Van Dorn is shot and nearly killed leading the high-speed chase of a rum-running vessel, Bell swears to him that he will hunt down the lawbreakers, but he doesn't know what he is getting into. When a witness to Van Dorn's shooting is executed in a ruthlessly efficient manner invented by the Russian secret police, it becomes clear that these are no ordinary criminals.
On a trail that leads from the ravages of post—World War I Europe to the speakeasies of New York to the lawless streets of Detroit and Florida's lavish beachside resorts, Isaac tracks the footsteps of a criminal enterprise more ingenious and far-reaching than any he has ever known. For this is no mere bootlegging operation, but a powerful international organization with the very downfall of America in its sights....
Packed with daring escapades and incredible heroics, The Bootlegger is Clive Cussler at his best.