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The Spy is the third of Clive Cussler''s brilliant historical thrillers.

1908, and American engineering geniuses are being killed off one by one . . .

When a brilliant battleship gun engineer commits suicide, his disbelieving family turn to legendary Van Dorn Detective Agency. Quickly on the case, Isaac Bell establishes that the clues point not to suicide, but murder.

So when further deaths connected to a top-secret project follow, Bell realizes that this is sabotage. With the world plunging towards war, it''s clearly a spy at large. But which of the many foreign agents he has encountered is responsible? Or is there a more sinister explanation?

In a blistering story featuring dreadnaught battleships and railroards, criminal gangs and beautiful women, The Spy is a breathtaking thriller that just happens to have at stake the fate of the world.

Bestseller Clive Cussler - author of the Dirk Pitt novels Arctic Drift and Crescent Dawn - and co-author Justin Scott place hero Isaac Bell at the centre of a mysterious espionage conspiracy in the third novel of historical thriller series The Isaac Bell Adventures, The Spy.

Praise for Clive Cussler:

''Cussler is hard to beat'' Daily Mail

''The guy I read'' Tom Clancy

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A Paperback / softback by Clive Cussler, Justin Scott

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    Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
    Publication Date: 09/06/2011
    ISBN13: 9780141045924, 978-0141045924
    ISBN10: 0141045922

    Description

    Book Synopsis

    The Spy is the third of Clive Cussler''s brilliant historical thrillers.

    1908, and American engineering geniuses are being killed off one by one . . .

    When a brilliant battleship gun engineer commits suicide, his disbelieving family turn to legendary Van Dorn Detective Agency. Quickly on the case, Isaac Bell establishes that the clues point not to suicide, but murder.

    So when further deaths connected to a top-secret project follow, Bell realizes that this is sabotage. With the world plunging towards war, it''s clearly a spy at large. But which of the many foreign agents he has encountered is responsible? Or is there a more sinister explanation?

    In a blistering story featuring dreadnaught battleships and railroards, criminal gangs and beautiful women, The Spy is a breathtaking thriller that just happens to have at stake the fate of the world.

    Bestseller Clive Cussler - author of the Dirk Pitt novels Arctic Drift and Crescent Dawn - and co-author Justin Scott place hero Isaac Bell at the centre of a mysterious espionage conspiracy in the third novel of historical thriller series The Isaac Bell Adventures, The Spy.

    Praise for Clive Cussler:

    ''Cussler is hard to beat'' Daily Mail

    ''The guy I read'' Tom Clancy

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