Anyone familiar with Clive Cussler would be familiar with the genre that he writes mostly in: Adventure.
So it doesn't come as a surprise that The Chase is a book about exactly that.
Isaac Bell is a renowned detective with the Van Dorn investigation agency. In The Chase, he is tasked with hunting down the "Butcher Bandit", a notorious bank robber back that kills and robs banks that are brimming with money used for miners' payrolls back in the days when there was the gold rush.
Old steam engines that runs on rails and dirty towns filled to the brim with whores that entertain permanently drunk miners come to mind.
The Butcher Bandit is actually a rich guy, a banker fueled more by the thrill of the kill than the need of money. His accomplice is his sister, a vivacious young lady of fine breed and beauty.
The book does well with the suspense, keeping the audience captivated with page after page of good old fashion adventure story telling. This is one to be recommended if one is in need of a easy read, a no brainer, perfect for the holidays.
Rating: 4/5
" It rose from the depths like an evil monster in a Mesozoic sea."
Isaac Bell is a renowned detective with the Van Dorn investigation agency. In The Chase, he is tasked with hunting down the "Butcher Bandit", a notorious bank robber back that kills and robs banks that are brimming with money used for miners' payrolls back in the days when there was the gold rush.
Old steam engines that runs on rails and dirty towns filled to the brim with whores that entertain permanently drunk miners come to mind.
The Butcher Bandit is actually a rich guy, a banker fueled more by the thrill of the kill than the need of money. His accomplice is his sister, a vivacious young lady of fine breed and beauty.
The book does well with the suspense, keeping the audience captivated with page after page of good old fashion adventure story telling. This is one to be recommended if one is in need of a easy read, a no brainer, perfect for the holidays.
Rating: 4/5
" It rose from the depths like an evil monster in a Mesozoic sea."
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