The Gangster

<p><b>Join Private Detective Isaac Bell as he navigates the seedy back alleys of New York, in the ninth book in the action-packed series </b><b>from <i>Sunday Times </i>bestseller Clive Cussler.</b><br><b><br>Crime, corruption and murder. . . a vicious organisation is terrorising the city and only one man can stop them.</b><br><b><br>The Black Hand Strikes</b><br>1906, New York City. Italian gangsters calling themselves the Black Hand terrorize citizens in a menacing spree of kidnapping, extortion and arson.<br><br><b>Who dares stop them?</b><br>Detective Isaac Bell of the Van Dorn Agency is hired to form a special 'Black Hand Squad' - but with each gangster caught a new one appears on the street. Are these new recruits or other criminals imitating the Black Hand? Where <i>are</i> these men coming from?<br><br><b>Murder is just the beginning . . .</b><br>Then the killings start. Each victim is a man more powerful than the last. Bell is convinced that he's facing a murderous organization hell bent on bringing the city to its knees. <br><br>But that's before he discovers their ultimate target - the most powerful man in the country: the President of the United States . . .<br><br><b>'Cussler is hard to beat' </b><br> <i>Daily Mail</i><br><br><b>'The Adventure King'</b> <br> <i>Sunday Express</i><br><br><b>'Nobody does it better... <i>nobody</i>!' </b><br> Stephen Coonts<br><br><b>'Just about the best storyteller in the business' </b><br> <i>New York Post</i></p> <p><b>Join Private Detective Isaac Bell as he navigates the seedy back alleys of New York, in the ninth book in the action-packed series </b><b>from <i>Sunday Times </i>bestseller Clive Cussler.</b><br><b><br>Crime, corruption and murder. . . a vicious organisation is terrorising the city and only one man can stop them.</b><br><b><br>The Black Hand Strikes</b><br>1906, New York City. Italian gangsters calling themselves the Black Hand terrorize citizens in a menacing spree of kidnapping, extortion and arson.<br><br><b>Who dares stop them?</b><br>Detective Isaac Bell of the Van Dorn Agency is hired to form a special 'Black Hand Squad' - but with each gangster caught a new one appears on the street. Are these new recruits or other criminals imitating the Black Hand? Where <i>are</i> these men coming from?<br><br><b>Murder is just the beginning . . .</b><br>Then the killings start. Each victim is a man more powerful than the last. Bell is convinced that he's facing a murderous organization hell bent on bringing the city to its knees. <br><br>But that's before he discovers their ultimate target - the most powerful man in the country: the President of the United States . . .<br><br><b>'Cussler is hard to beat' </b><br> <i>Daily Mail</i><br><br><b>'The Adventure King'</b> <br> <i>Sunday Express</i><br><br><b>'Nobody does it better... <i>nobody</i>!' </b><br> Stephen Coonts<br><br><b>'Just about the best storyteller in the business' </b><br> <i>New York Post</i></p>