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Let me fill you in on a little-known fact: I am not - let me repeat that, not - a history buff. Back when I finished the first of what would be three basic freshman history classes in college, in fact, I changed my major simply so I could avoid taking the other two. So when I saw the period setting o Leggi tutto

Justin Scott and I have been friends for many years, and I am a big fan of much of his work. This series with Clive Cussler, starring the dashing detective Isaac Bell, is great good fun. Meticulous research into the swirling array of settings, modes of transportation, ladies' fashion - well, everyth Leggi tutto

I have been a big Cussler fan since the 80s when I used to share the Cussler books I read with my father. Lately, I have not been reading many Cussler books and the last several ones I read I rated rather poorly on Goodreads. Well, I give this one 4 stars and I have to say I think the Isaac Bell ser Leggi tutto

3.5 stars.... I wasn’t thrilled with this book..

It gets rounded up to a 4 because it takes place in Pittsburgh, typical Issac Bell.

2.5 Stars The Striker is the worst book in the Isaac Bell series, it just felt like an inferior copy of The Wrecker, with many of the plot details recycled. Justin Scott comes dangerously close to phoning this one in. It seemed like he ran out of ideas so he decided to do a prequel. He obviously didn Leggi tutto

This is the 6th of Clive Cussler’s Isaac Bell Adventures which I have read. (Actually it is a prequel to the others.) It sometimes seems that the series is caricature of detective novels, but they have been entertaining. Set in the early 1900’s, they contain many word pictures of technology of the t Leggi tutto

Series is getting worse. The Chase and The Wrecker were good, skipped The Spy, The Race was tiresome, The Thief was lackluster, The Striker was abysmal. I hoped for being something of an origins story, the book would develop Bell's character, but the narrarive jumped around too much between unimpress Leggi tutto

I've generally been souring on Clive Cussler. All the books are kind of the same. They're mind candy. Dirk Pitt, Juan Cabrillo, Kurt Austin, the Pitt kids. They're all the same guy. I don't go anywhere near the Pitt books anymore. Cabrillo and Austin, I'm looking to just get those guys occasionally. Leggi tutto

While I normally enjoy the Isaac Bell adventures, this one really left me flat. There were scenes that were just really poorly created (Bell chases down and catches the bad guy in a cellar-- the confrontation there turns out stupid) and finally, the trick that authors Cussler and Scott contrive for