The gangster /
Cussler, Clive,
The gangster / Clive Cussler and Justin Scott. - Large Print edition. - 495 pages (large print) : illustration ; 23 cm - - Isaac Bell adventures ; bk. 9 . - Cussler, Clive. Isaac Bell novels. .
It is 1906, and in New York City, the Italian crime group known as the Black Hand (La Mano Nera) is on a spree: kidnapping, extortion, arson. Detective Isaac Bell of the Van Dorn Agency is hired to form a special "Black Hand squad," but the gangsters appear to be everywhere -- so much so that Bell begins to wonder if there are imitators, criminals using the name for the terror effect. And then the murders begin, each one of a man more powerful than the last, and as Bell discovers, to his dismay, the ultimate target may be the most powerful man of all.
9781410484864 1410484866
2016002839
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 --Assassination attempts--Fiction.
Bell, Isaac (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Private investigators--Fiction.
Organized crime--Fiction.
Presidents--Assassination attempts--Fiction.
New York (N.Y.)--History--1898-1951--Fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Historical fiction.
Large type books.
Detective and mystery fiction.
The gangster / Clive Cussler and Justin Scott. - Large Print edition. - 495 pages (large print) : illustration ; 23 cm - - Isaac Bell adventures ; bk. 9 . - Cussler, Clive. Isaac Bell novels. .
It is 1906, and in New York City, the Italian crime group known as the Black Hand (La Mano Nera) is on a spree: kidnapping, extortion, arson. Detective Isaac Bell of the Van Dorn Agency is hired to form a special "Black Hand squad," but the gangsters appear to be everywhere -- so much so that Bell begins to wonder if there are imitators, criminals using the name for the terror effect. And then the murders begin, each one of a man more powerful than the last, and as Bell discovers, to his dismay, the ultimate target may be the most powerful man of all.
9781410484864 1410484866
2016002839
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 --Assassination attempts--Fiction.
Bell, Isaac (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Private investigators--Fiction.
Organized crime--Fiction.
Presidents--Assassination attempts--Fiction.
New York (N.Y.)--History--1898-1951--Fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Historical fiction.
Large type books.
Detective and mystery fiction.