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The spy an Isaac Bell adventure

In 1908, international tensions mount as the world plunges toward war. When a brilliant American battleship gun designer dies in an 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 inves...

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Main Authors: Cussler, Clive., Scott, Justin (Author)
Corporate Authors: Penguin Audiobooks.
Other Authors: Brick, Scott (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language: English
Published: [New York] : Penguin Audio, p2010.
Edition: Unabridged.
Series: Isaac Bell novels ; 3.
Subjects:
Bell, Isaac > (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Private investigators > Fiction.
Sabotage > Fiction.
Railroad trains > Fiction.
Gunsmiths > Crimes against > United States > Fiction.
Washington (D.C.) > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Spy fiction.
Historical fiction.
Audiobooks.
Online Access: Go to Downloadable Audiobook Here.
Summary: In 1908, international tensions mount as the world plunges toward war. When a brilliant American battleship gun designer dies in an 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 to murder not suicide. When more suspicious deaths occur, Bell realizes that a spy is killing scientists working on secret project Hull 44.
Item Description: Subtitle from container.
Compact discs.
Physical Description: 10 sound discs (12 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN: 9780142427798
0142427799
9780307734990
0307734994
Author Notes: Clive Cussler was born in Aurora, Illinois on July 15, 1931. He attended Pasadena City College for two years before enlisting in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. After his discharge from the military, he worked first as a copywriter and later as a creative director for two of the nation's most successful advertising agencies. At that time, he wrote and produced radio and television commercials that won numerous international awards, including one at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival.

He began writing in 1965 and published his first novel featuring Dirk Pitt in 1973. His first non-fiction work, The Sea Hunters, was published in 1996. He has written over 50 books including the Dirk Pitt series, the NUMA Files series, Oregon Files series, Isaac Bell series, and the Fargo Adventure series.

He is the Chairman of NUMA (National Underwater and Marine Agency), a non-profit group which he founded. He and his crew of marine experts and NUMA volunteers have discovered over 60 historically significant underwater wreck sites.

Clive Cussler died on February 24, 2020 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography)

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