{"product_id":"the-assassin-isaac-bell-9","title":"Clive Cussler: The Assassin [2015] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe latest nerve-shredding adventure thriller in the popular Isaac Bell series from international bestseller Clive Cussler\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Van Dorn private detective Isaac Bell strives to land a government contract to investigate John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil monopoly, the case takes a deadly turn. A sniper begins murdering opponents of Standard Oil, and soon the assassin-shooting with extraordinary accuracy at seemingly impossible long range-kills Bell's best witness, a brave and likable man. Then the shooter detonates a terrible explosion that sets the victim's independent refinery ablaze.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBell summons his best detectives to scour the site of the crime for evidence. Who is the assassin and for whom did he kill? But the murders-shootings, poisonings, staged accidents-have just begun as Bell tracks his phantom-like criminal adversary from the \"oil fever\" regions of Kansas and Texas to Washington, D.C., to the tycoons' enclave of New York, to Russia's war-torn Baku oil fields on the Caspian Sea, and back to America for a final, desperate confrontation. And this one will be the most explosive of all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Clive Cussler:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCussler is hard to beat - \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThe guy I read - Tom Clancy\u003cbr\u003eThe Adventure King - \u003ci\u003eSunday Express \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClive Cussler is the author or co-author of a great number of international bestsellers, including the famous Dirk Pitt (R) adventures, such as \u003ci\u003eArctic Drift\u003c\/i\u003e; the NUMA (R) Files adventures, most recently \u003ci\u003eZero Hour;\u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eOregon\u003c\/i\u003e Files, such as \u003ci\u003eMirage\u003c\/i\u003e; the Isaac Bell Adventures, which began with \u003ci\u003eThe Chase; \u003c\/i\u003eand the highly successful most recent series, the Fargo Adventures. He lives in Arizona.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJustin Scott is the author of twenty-six novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Shipkiller\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNormandie Triangle\u003c\/i\u003e; the Ben Abbot detective series; and five modern sea thrillers under his pen name Paul Garrison. He lives in Connecticut.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFind out more about the world of Clive Cussler by visiting www.clivecussler.co.uk or http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/clivecussler\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cussler, Clive \u0026 Scott, Justin","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":50486941811027,"sku":"XV80718180393","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/cussler-clive-scott-justin-the-assassin-isaac-bell-8-xv80718180393-1141447790.jpg?v=1740694446","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/the-assassin-isaac-bell-9","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}