
The Race
An Isaac Bell Adventure, Book 4
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Scott Brick
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 AudioListeners also enjoyed...




















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"Bell just keeps getting more interesting. Cussler is turning out some of his best work." (Booklist)
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Great and entertaining the whole time
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Another Great Detective Story
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Flight History entwined with intrigue.
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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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Another winner for Issac Bell and Scott Brick
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it said I needed 15 words for a review
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1908 plane race across the USA, murder. sabotage.
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Doesn't feel like Cussler to me
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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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