The Cutthroat - Isaac Bell, Bk 10 Author:Clive Cussler, Justin Scott The year is 1911. Chief Investigator Isaac Bell of the Van Dorn Detective Agency has had many extraordinary cases before. But none quite like this. — Hired to find a young woman named Anna Pape who ran away from home to become an actress, Bell gets a shock when her murdered body turns up instead. Vowing to bring the killer to justice, he begins a... more » manhunt that leads him into increasingly more alarming territory. Anna was not alone in her fate -- petite young blond women like Anna are being murdered in cities across America.
And the patterns go beyond the physical resemblance of the victims -- there are disturbing familiarities about the killings themselves that send a chill even through a man as experienced with evil as Bell. If he is right about his fears, then he is on the trail of one of the greatest monsters of his time.« less