Barnes & NobleClive Cussler The Sea Wolves (Isaac Bell Series #13) by Jack Du Brul

Heart-Thumping Thriller

** “We’re dealing with spies who were selected by their government for this job because they are smart, likely very well trained, and highly motivated.” ** Jack Du Brul continues Clive Cussler’s exhilarating legacy with Van Dorn Detective Isaac Bell in “Clive Cussler’s The Sea Wolves,” a heart-thumping thriller that takes the reader on an historical journey. When Isaac Bell gets pulled into finding the source of German espionage at the start of World War I, he finds himself searching for ways spies and traitors are getting shipping information to the Germans about American vessels carrying armaments for the war effort. With the aide of new character Joseph Marchetti, a young naval man who just might have what it takes to be a Van Dorn detective, Bell goes on a quest to find how the Germans are sending messages across the Atlantic — a quest that takes Bell and Marchetti on the Lusitania. After the passing of Cussler, Du Brul does a seamless job of continuing Bell’s incredible story in “The Sea Wolves.” It features all our favorite characters, like Bell and his wife Marion, fellow detective Archie Abbott, and agency owner Joseph Van Dorn, as well as new characters like Marchetti, historical characters like Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and incredibly creepy and evil villains. The author provides a fast-paced plot, keeping the reader guessing as to who is truly involved in the dastardly plan and who will and won’t survive. It is a story that reveals the deepest part of humanity (“It seemed that man’s collective humanity was being sacrificed as the industrial age matured. Bell vowed to not lose his.”) Fans of Isaac Bell and Clive Cussler will rejoice to see Bell’s story continue in “Clive Cussler’s The Sea Wolves,” which is due out Nov. 8. Five stars out of five. G.P. Putnam’s Sons provided this complimentary copy through NetGalley for my honest, unbiased review.