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    The Bootlegger

    Written by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott

    Narrated by Scott Brick

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    About this audiobook

    When Detective Isaac Bell's mentor is shot, the turn-of-the-century investigator traces the attack from a booze-smuggling operation back to a team of international saboteurs in this #1 New York Times-bestselling series.

    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 while leading the high-speed chase of a rum-running vessel, Bell swears to him that he will hunt down the men responsible. But Bell 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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateMar 4, 2014
    ISBN9780698150010
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    The Bootlegger
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    Clive Cussler

    Clive Cussler (1931–2020) was the author or coauthor of over eighty books in five bestselling series, including DIRK PITT®, THE NUMA FILES®, THE OREGON FILES ®, AN ISAAC BELL ADVENTURE ®, A SAM AND REMI FARGO ADVENTURE ®, and A KURT AUSTIN ADVENTURE ®. His nonfiction works include Built for Adventure: The Classic Automobiles of Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt, Built to Thrill: More Classic Automobiles from Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt, The Sea Hunters, and The Sea Hunters II; these describe the true adventures of the real NUMA, which, led by Cussler, searches for lost ships of historic significance. With his crew of volunteers, Cussler discovered more than sixty ships, including the long-lost Civil War submarine Hunley. 

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    • 5/5
      action-adventure, Isaac Bell, thriller/suspense Nobody does action, adventure, suspense, and a solid historical background in a novel like Clive Cussler! During the time of the Volstead Act and the rise of communism, Isaac Bell takes on the bootleggers who nearly killed Joe Van Dorn. Gripping tale despite my nerdy tendency to check the historicity of the background as the spirit strikes. Scott Brick does Cussler proud as usual.
    • 4/5
      The Bootlegger is an action adventure that takes place during the Prohibition. The main characters have super human powers and good looks. The story brings up a point that was probably not intended. Many gangs and criminals made very large fortunes from the running of illegal alcohol. Would these gangs have become so powerful, if there was no such thing as Prohibition? The Bootlegger is a good story that included well researched real incidents at the time. Four stars were awarded to this book.
    • 4/5
      When his boss and friend catches some bullets while helping the Coast Guard chase bootleggers Bell and his detectives go after them in a pursuit that turns up a threat to the US itself.
    • 3/5
      Not his best, very predictable almost formulaic. The Toff, Simon Templar and Lord Peter Wimsey did the languid, rich sleuth with more aplomb and greater depth of character than Isaac. Great descriptions of armament and vehicles of the era kept me hanging in to finish but it was a slog.
    • 4/5
      This was a fast paced, historically/geographically accurate adventure taking place during the American prohibition era, featuring mafia like characters, rum runners, international intrigue, and quite a bit of excitement.What especially appealed to me was the location that much of the story took place. Where you may ask? One of the hot spots of rum running - Windsor/Detroit. The places, especially in Detroit, can be looked up on and found with minimal effort. They were actual places!This was my first, but certainly not last Cussler book.