The Thief [electronic resource] :

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-- Mauretania For war clouds are looming, and a ruthless espionage agent has spotted an opportunity to give the German Empire an edge in the coming conflict. What’s worse, Bell’s already a step behind. He’s made the mistake of assuming it’s some sort of war machine. But not all weapons are meant for the battlefield…

Verlag:

Penguin Publishing Group,

Datum:

2012

Digitales Format:

CLOUDLIBRARY EPUB

Sprache:

Englisch

Zusammenfassung

Turn-of-the-century detective Isaac Bell matches wits with a German spy just as the world inches closer to global warfare in this novel in the #1 New York Times -bestselling series.

It's 1910 and Chief Investigator Isaac Bell, along with fellow Van Dorn detective, Archie Abbott, is escorting a Wall Street stock swindler to his trial in New York aboard the ocean liner Mauretania . Pair intend to enjoy the open sea and make use of the leisure time to plan Bell's wedding to Miss Marion Morgan, but are forced to change plans when two European scientists are nearly abducted and forced overboard. Bell springs into action just in time to stop the kidnapping, but his new charges are convinced they are still at risk. There's something in their possession, an historic invention, and there's a German munitions trust that will stop at nothing to steal it.

For war clouds are looming, and a ruthless espionage agent has spotted an opportunity to give the German Empire an edge in the coming conflict. What's worse, Bell's already a step behind. He's made the mistake of assuming it's some sort of war machine. But not all weapons are meant for the battlefield...

Rezensionen (2)

Publisher's Weekly-Rezension

Scott Brick delivers straightforward narration in the audio edition of this latest thriller from Cussler and Scott that follows the adventures of detective Isaac Bell during the early 20th century. This time around, Bell is aboard the British ocean liner Mauretania, heading home to the United States, when an attempt is made to kidnap two European scientists. Bell's timely intervention forestalls the crime, but, of course, things don't remain calm, and the powers behind the attempted abduction try again. Brick shines in his creation of European accents for the supporting cast and appropriately adjusts his pacing for the book's inevitable action sequences. Cussler and Scott are veteran suspense writers, and Brick-a seasoned narrator-proves their equal in this entertaining audiobook. A Putnam hardcover. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Library Journal-Rezension

This title is the fifth outing in best-seller machine Cussler's Isaac Bell detective series. While sailing to New York with his bride, Bell rescues from kidnappers two Austrian scientists who have invented a revolutionary new machine. While Bell thwarts unknown thugs from stealing the invention from the ship's hold, one of the scientists is murdered. Scott Brick's clear, nuanced reading captures the characters' various speech patterns, accents, and personalities. VERDICT Recommended for Isaac Bell fans and historical mystery fiction devotees. [The Putnam hc, published in March, was a New York Times best seller; the Berkley mass market pb will publish in March 2013.-Ed.]-Ilka Gordon, Siegal Coll. of Judaic Studies Lib., Cleveland (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.