The Wrecker by Clive Cussler
“The Isaac Bell Novels” is a new hit series by “one of the greatest adventure novelists of our time” (imdb), Clive Cussler.
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The Wrecker by Clive Cussler
Clive Cussler\’s The Wrecker
The second book in a new Western series by Clive Cussler, \”one of the greatest adventure novelists of our time\” (imdb), The Wrecker represents the continuation of Cussler\’s entry into the classic American genre of Wild West fiction. Who knows, maybe it will turn into his most popular series yet.
As with the first novel in the series, The Chase, the hero of The Wrecker is a detective named Isaac Bell who combines the sleuthing brilliance of Sherlock Holmes with the physical prowess and fearlessness of James Bond.
As an independently wealthy heir to a Boston banking family, Isaac Bell pursues his detective investigations with a fury born out of an obsession and passion for justice rather than the need to make a living.
In The Wrecker, Isaac Bell gets hired to stop a saboteur targeting the Southern Pacific Railroad, threatening to financially \”derail\” the mega-corporation as they push to build a new and expensive cutoff track that will greatly decrease traveling time between the northern and southern portions of the American West Coast.
Unbeknownst to all until the very end of the book, The Wrecker is a regular member of the inner circles of Southern Pacific Railroad president Osgood Hennessy, even courting the railroad baron\’s \”unspeakably beautiful\” daughter Lillian. He\’s a formidable adversary, perhaps as brilliant as Isaac Bell himself.
The Wrecker\’s agenda turns out to be the hostile takeover of not only the Southern Pacific Railroad but as a side effect gaining complete control of the entire United States railroad system, at a time in history when the wealthiest men in America were railroad barons such as Vanderbilt, Harriman and others.
Notorious as an avid automobile enthusiast, one reason why Clive Cussler may have picked the early 1900\’s as the setting for his new series may well have been to give him an opportunity to write about car chases in classic automobiles from the turn of the last century.
Featured in The Wrecker, we find the winner of the 1908 New York to Paris race, the 1907 Model 35 Thomas Flyer, as well as a Packard Grey Wolf, a turn of the century Rolls Royce, Isaac Bell\’s Locomobile, and a Bugatti Type 41 Royale.
Although Clive Cussler may be best known for his love of diving and sea exploration, both through his fictional stories and non-fictional enterprises, he obviously also cherishes the rugged landscapes of the American West. Why else would he have chosen to live in the mountains of Colorado, as far from the sea as you can get in the United States?
This \”second\” love of Clive Cussler shines through in his new Isaac Bell series in a way that will likely reinvigorate many old Wild West enthusiasts as well as give birth to a whole new generation of Western lovers. The book is a highly recommended read.
Mrs. Hellman lives in North Carolina with her spouse and three children, where she works as a professional copywriter. She writes book review as a hobby. Visit her site to order The Wrecker by Clive Cussler, or the most recent Dirk Pitt novel, Arctic Drift, Clive Cussler.
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