How about that! A Cussler novel without NUMA or Dirk Pitt or Kurt Austin.
We go back to the West of 1906 when a vicious and sadistic bank robber who becomes known as "The Butcher Bandit" travels the "West" in a luxurious private Pullman car robbing banks in towns that lie along rail lines that run from Omaha to San Francisco and North into Montana. Our bandit uses clever disguises, plans carefully and kills everyone in the bank and leaves no clues. He, actually leads a double life as a wealthy and respected citizen in San Francisco with a beautiful but notorious woman who is almost as bad as he is.
Isaac Bell, chief detective for a private agency is hired by the government to track down and catch the notorious bandit. Bell is tenacious and very colorful; he uses a network of detectives to help him. Railroad history, carefully planned and executed robberies, the San Francisco earth quake, interesting characters and a climatic chase make an interesting Cussler read.
We go back to the West of 1906 when a vicious and sadistic bank robber who becomes known as "The Butcher Bandit" travels the "West" in a luxurious private Pullman car robbing banks in towns that lie along rail lines that run from Omaha to San Francisco and North into Montana. Our bandit uses clever disguises, plans carefully and kills everyone in the bank and leaves no clues. He, actually leads a double life as a wealthy and respected citizen in San Francisco with a beautiful but notorious woman who is almost as bad as he is.
Isaac Bell, chief detective for a private agency is hired by the government to track down and catch the notorious bandit. Bell is tenacious and very colorful; he uses a network of detectives to help him. Railroad history, carefully planned and executed robberies, the San Francisco earth quake, interesting characters and a climatic chase make an interesting Cussler read.
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