The Bootlegger |
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Author:
| Cussler, Clive Scott, Justin |
Series title: | An Isaac Bell Adventure Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-7181-7869-7 |
Publication Date: | Feb 2014 |
Publisher: | Penguin Books, Limited
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Imprint: | Michael Joseph |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $39.99 |
Book Description:
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It is 1920. Prohibition and bootlegging are in full swing. When Joseph Van Dorn is shot and nearly killed while in pursuit of a rum-running vessel, his friend and employee, Isaac Bell, swears to him that he will hunt down the lawbreakers. But Bell doesn't know what he is getting into. When a witness to the shooting is executed in a manner peculiar to the Russian secret police, it becomes clear that these were no ordinary bootleggers. Bell is facing a team...
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It is 1920. Prohibition and bootlegging are in full swing.
When Joseph Van Dorn is shot and nearly killed while in pursuit of a rum-running vessel, his friend and employee, Isaac Bell, swears to him that he will hunt down the lawbreakers. But Bell doesn't know what he is getting into. When a witness to the shooting is executed in a manner peculiar to the Russian secret police, it becomes clear that these were no ordinary bootleggers.
Bell is facing a team of Bolshevik assassins and saboteurs - and they are intent on overthrowing the government of the United States.