The Race

Clive Cussler

Sep 2011 · An Isaac Bell Adventure Book 4 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

20th century detective Isaac Bell protects a promising aviator from her jealous husband in this remarkable adventure from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Clive Cussler.

It is 1910, the age of flying machines is still in its infancy, and newspaper publisher Preston Whiteway is offering $50,000 for the first daring aviator to cross America in less than fifty days. He is even sponsoring one of the prime candidates-an intrepid woman named Josephine Frost-and that's where Bell, chief investigator for the Van Dorn Detective Agency, comes in.

Frost's violent-tempered husband has just killed her lover and tried to kill her, and he is bound to make another attempt. Bell has tangled with Harry Frost before; he knows that the man has made his millions leading gangs of thieves, murderers, and thugs in every city across the country. He also knows Frost won’t be after just his wife, but after Whiteway as well. And if Bell takes the case . . . Frost will be after him, too.

Ratings and reviews

I give 5 of 5 stars to the action novel The Race by Clive Cussler. This is another in the Isaac Bell series set in the 1930’s. What impressed me most about this book is the colorful language (no, not bad words) used in the novel which seemed accurate to the time period (no, I’m not that old). Use of terminology appropriate to the era improved the believability of the story. The story centers on a trans-america air race to win a publisher’s trophy. Throw in some international factors, some really nasty characters, some midnight modifications to competitor’s aircraft and you have a real suspense and action novel. I really enjoyed every minute of this Audible book and do highly recommend it.

"The Race" is NOT up to Mr.Cussler's usual standards. Weak plot, cardboard characters, and repetitive action. Time for a return of Mr. Cussler without a co author. I have all of his novels, but will not buy any more if they are of this standard. Rodney Senior. Hampton, Canada.

It is 1910, the age of flying machines is still in its infancy, and newspaper publisher Preston Whiteway is offering $50,000 for the first daring aviator to cross America in less than fifty days.

About the author

Clive Cussler was the author of more than eighty books in five bestselling series, including Dirk Pitt®, NUMA® Files, Oregon® Files, Isaac Bell®, and Sam and Remi Fargo®. His life nearly paralleled that of his hero Dirk Pitt. Whether searching for lost aircraft or leading expeditions to find famous shipwrecks, he and his NUMA crew of volunteers discovered and surveyed more than seventy-five lost ships of historic significance, including the long-lost Confederate submarine Hunley, which was raised in 2000 with much publicity. Like Pitt, Cussler collected classic automobiles. His collection featured more than one hundred examples of custom coachwork. Cussler passed away in February 2020.

Justin Scott is the author of thirty-one novels, including The Shipkiller and Normandie Triangle; the Ben Abbott detective series; six thrillers under his pen name Paul Garrison; and his coauthorship with Cussler of The Wrecker, The Spy,The Race, The Thief, The Striker, The Bootlegger, The Assassin, The Gangster, and The Cutthroat. Scott lives in Connecticut.