The gangster : an Isaac Bell adventure
Call Number
- THRILLER CUSS (OSH)
Edition
U.S. edition.
Publication Information
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2016]
Physical Description
387 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Summary
"It is 1906, and in New York City, the Italian crime group known as the Black Hand is on a spree: kidnapping, extortion, arson. Detective Isaac Bell of the Van Dorn Agency is hired to form a special 'Black Hand Squad,' but the gangsters appear to be everywhere--so much so that Bell begins to wonder if there are imitators, criminals using the name for the terror effect. And then the murders begin, each one of a man more powerful than the last, and as Bell discovers, to his dismay, the ultimate target may be the most powerful man of all"--