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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

4.5 Stars for The Striker: Isaac Bell, Book 6 (audiobook) by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott read by Scott Brick. In 1902, Isaac Bell is just starting his career at the Van Dorn Detective Agency. He is sent to Pittsburgh to stop the radical unionist that are sabotaging the coal mines. Instead he runs 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

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

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..

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

Great beginning and even better ending. But drawn out in the middle. Overall a fun read and an even better portrait of life in the early 1900’s

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