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The Race

An Isaac Bell Adventure, Book 4

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The Race

By: Clive Cussler, Justin Scott
Narrated by: Scott Brick
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Detective Isaac Bell returns, in the remarkable new adventure from the number-one New York Times best-selling author.

It is 1910, the age of flying machines is still in its infancy, and newspaper publisher Preston Whiteway is offering $50,000 for the first daring aviator to cross America in less than 50 days. He is even sponsoring one of the prime candidates - an intrepid woman named Josephine Frost - and that's where Bell, chief investigator for the Van Dorn Detective Agency, comes in.

Frost's violent-tempered husband has just killed her lover and tried to kill her, and he is bound to make another attempt. Bell has tangled with Harry Frost before; he knows that the man has made his millions leading gangs of thieves, murderers, and thugs in every city across the country. He also knows that Frost won't be only after his wife, but after Whiteway as well. And if Bell takes the case... Frost will be after him, too.

Investigate more cases with Isaac Bell.©2011 Clive Cussler, Justin Scott (P)2011 Penguin Audio Action & Adventure Historical International Mystery & Crime Mystery Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Marriage Adventure Crime Detective

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"Bell just keeps getting more interesting. Cussler is turning out some of his best work." (Booklist)
Engaging Adventure • Historical Context • Flawless Narration • Intriguing Aviation Backdrop • Suspenseful Plot
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Recommend to anyone, nicely done. Another great book by Clyde Cussler. Very entertaining. Can't wait to start another of his books.

Great and entertaining the whole time

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Great addition to the Bell series. Plenty of action and excitement. Nothing fancy but a darn good read.

Another Great Detective Story

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Isaac Bell, wish there were more FBI agents like him. He always gets his man and is romantic at the same time. He learns to fly in this issue. I don't know what else he might accomplish.

Flight History entwined with intrigue.

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I love this series from Clive Clusser. They make you wish you lived in the golden age of transportation! Great story and great reader. It would make a great movie too.

Awesome!

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Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

Yes, the plot did keep me entertained but not to the point of sitting on the edge of my seat.

What does Scott Brick bring to the story that you wouldn???t experience if you just read the book?

To me Scott Brick is the voice of Issaic Bell. He has just the right innotation for the character.

Entertaining With History Entwined

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The Issac Bell series is the best thing to come out of Cussler since the early days of Dirk Pitt. These stories are just great for my long commutes. I looked forward to this for months and I was just thrilled when it came out. Planes, trains and automobiles! In my opinion Cussler is better at landlubber novels than he is at sea novels. But that's just me. As usual Scott Brick is outstanding. He could read the phone book and keep me listening.

Another winner for Issac Bell and Scott Brick

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it was a swell book. It had to do with flying and such. good book.

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As always Clive Cussler comes through with another winner. This is the 1st plane race that was created in 19 0 8 across the United States. Love affairs sabotage murder conspiracy mystery who could ask for anything more. The action is excellent the writing is superior the character development you can't do any better than Clive Cussler great read.

1908 plane race across the USA, murder. sabotage.

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Scott Brick is amazing as usual, but a really flat story. Isaac Bell is one of my favorite characters, but he was not given the best supporting cast. I hope The Striker is better

Doesn't feel like Cussler to me

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This is the fourth installment in a series that I have truly enjoyed since the beginning. Isaac Bell is a typical Cussler-style hero. Tall, good looking, green-eyed, chivalrous, clean cut, and really, really lucky (never gets hurt really badly, and always overcomes the obstacles that the bad guys throw his way); however, Sherlock Holmes he is not!

The usual five-star rating for the storyline dropped one notch this time, because Isaac's character was slow to realize the identity of one of the bad guys that he had direct contact with throughout the story. Just doesn't seem believable that the Chief Investigator for the premier detective agency of the time would be that unobservant.

The terminology used by the characters seems to be true to the period; however, I got really tired of hearing "on the jump" (meaning, do it quickly). Not sure why this bothered me. I suppose I expected a broader period-specific vocabulary from the characters.

The story is very creative and enjoyable. A few additional threads to follow, but all are tied together quite well.

Scott Brick gave another excellent narration performance. Some of the dialects were a little unpolished, but I relate his voice with Clive Cussler stories, so as long as he's doing the performance, he gets a lot of slack from me. If you want to lose a Cussler audiobook fan, change narrators. Scott is irreplaceable.

Justin Scott has a fifth book "The Thief" due out on 3-6-2012. I'm really looking forward to listening to it!

Up, Up, Josephine...

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