The Bootlegger

By Clive Cussler, Justin Scott

Subjects: History, Private investigators, Bell, Isaac (Fictitious character) Fiction, nyt:hardcover-fiction=2014-03-23, Fiction, mystery & detective, historical, Thrillers, FICTION / Action & Adventure, FICTION / Thrillers, Fiction, thrillers, Prohibition Fiction, Fiction, action & adventure, Thriller / Suspense, Prohibition, nyt:mass-market-paperback=2015-03-22, Fiction, thrillers, general, Suspense, FICTION / Suspense, Large type books, New York Times bestseller, Isaac Bell (Fictitious character), FICTION, Private investigators, fiction, Adventure, Action & Adventure

Description: "It is 1920, and both Prohibition and bootlegging are in full swing. When Isaac Bell's boss and lifelong friend Joseph Van Dorn is shot and nearly killed leading the high-speed chase of a rum-running vessel, Bell swears to him that he will hunt down the lawbreakers, but he doesn't know what he is getting into. When a witness to Van Dorn's shooting is executed in a ruthlessly efficient manner invented by the Russian secret police, it becomes clear that these are no ordinary criminals. Bell is up against a team of Bolshevik assassins and saboteurs--and they are intent on overthrowing the government of the United States"--