The Striker (Issac Bell #6)

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Author
Clive Cussler
Publisher
Penguin
Genre
Crime Fiction
ISBN
9781405911405

The Striker (Issac Bell #6)

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    Synopsis

    It's 1902 and a young inexperienced detective Isaac Bell has an urgent message for his boss. Hired to hunt for radical unionsist saboteurs in the coal mines, he has witnessed a terrible acciden. It begins to become clear that much bigger stakes are in play. Given exactly one week to prove his case, Bell finds himself pitted against two of the most ruthless opponents - men of staggering ambition and cold-bloodedness...who are not about to let some detective stand in their way.Clive Cussler is the author of over twenty-five internationally bestselling books, including the Dirk Pitt adventure series, the NUMA FILES novels and the Oregon Files Adventures. The Striker is his latest novel in the Isaac Bell series.
    Clive Cussler
    About the author

    Clive Cussler

    Clive Cussler is the author of over twenty-five internationally bestselling books, including the Dirk Pitt adventure series, the NUMA FILES novels and the Oregon Files Adventures.He grew up in Alhambra, California. He later attended Pasadena City College for two years, but then enlisted in the Air Force during the Korean War where he served as an aircraft mechanic and flight engineer in the Military Air Transport Service. Upon his discharge, he became a copywriter and later creative director for two leading ad agencies. At that time, he wrote and produced radio and television commercials that won numerous international awards, one at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival.Cussler began writing in 1965 and published his first novel featuring Dirk Pitt in 1973. His first non-fiction work, The Sea Hunters, was released in 1996. Because of this work the Board of Governors of the Maritime College, State University of New York considered The Sea Hunters in lieu of a Ph.D. thesis and awarded Cussler a Doctor of Letters degree in May of 1997. It was the first time since the College was founded in 1874 that such a degree was bestowed.Cussler is the founder the National Underwater & Marine Agency, (NUMA), a non-profit organisation that dedicates itself to American maritime and naval history. In addition to being Chairman of NUMA, Cussler is a fellow in both the Explorers Club of New York and the Royal Geographic Society in London.A noted collector of classic automobiles, Cussler owns 85 of the finest examples of custom coachwork and 50's convertibles to be found anywhere. They are garaged near Golden, Colorado. Today, Cussler divides his time between the mountains of Colorado and the deserts of Arizona.

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