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Book Review of The Chase (Isaac Bell, Bk 1)

The Chase (Isaac Bell, Bk 1)
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Non-stop action

What the author(s) do with this series: Clive Cussler and Justin Scott know how to write a book. This is part of the series called the Isaac Bell Adventures. This paragraph applies to all books in this series. Isaac is an investigator for a private firm whose motto is that the always get their man The books are set in the early 1900's and are based on the author's fascination with the leading technologies of the time â things like fast (by their standards) trains, automobiles and ships. New technologies are introduced like aeroplanes and talking pictures. Depending on the book, many of the social issues of the day are woven into the story such as strikes and strike breakers, gangs running businesses, stock speculators and manipulators as well as later in the series the storm clouds of what will become World War I. The author is skilled at bringing in the details of how society works in that era, such as how beef makes it to NYC, or how different strata of society operate in SFO

Do you need to read this series in order: Probably not, but I think you will miss out on the character development of the protagonist and his lady friend.

Triggers: there is an ample supply of violence in this book and the violence iss at a high level -- people die, from violence (fires, gun shots, bombs, crashes, knives, beatings, accidents). Some of the violence is directed at kids.

The Chase is about discovering who the âButcher Banditâ bank robber is and bringing him to justice, as the title alludes, it involves a massive chase.