Book Reviews of The Chase

Something different from Clive Cussler, which is a good thing - NUMA and Dirk were getting a bit repetitive. This book is slightly historical, and rail based - a very enjoyable read.

As usual Cussler's writing grabs you.

Not like his usual sea faring tales but just as good if not better. I love the way you are put right into it, experiencing it all first hand.I had the wind blowing in my face during the Case in the locomobile!

I certainly would like to read more accounts on the adventures of Mr. Bell.

Murder mystery, romance, history--this book has a little bit of everything. Cussler continues to entertain with his style and character development. This story will keep you hooked until the very end.

Throughly enjoyed this book, very different from the Pitt series. Fast read.

Although this wasn't a Dirk Pitt, Juan Cabrillo, or Kurt Austin book from Cussler, it still held my attention from start to finish. I enjoyed reading about Isaac Bell and his story. A book any Cussler fan should read.

I really enjoyed this book. The story is woven into historical details making it very interesting. It was the first Clive Cussler book I've read. It's one of those books that starts with an unfinished view of the ending and leaves you wondering what that is all about. Then it takes you back 40 years to to when it all started. Someone is robbing banks and getting away without a trace because he kills any witnesses. He uses disguises and seems to magically disappear when it seems there is no way out of town that isn't being searched. Issac Bell is the keen eyed detective that is called in to catch the "butcher bandit".

What a great read! I liked this adventure!

If you expecting Dirk Pitt, wrong book.

For Clive Cussler fans this is a slight departure. It is set in the early 1900s with a different hero. As usual, exciting, interesting, and historically acurate.

A unique Cussler book with a different type of story. I have read all of his books and this is one of the best.

Not as action-packed as some of other Cussler books, but it was satisfying.

Good reading, great story and alot of interesting historical details of how life was in the early 1900's. Features lots of information on the midwest towns, the beginning of the automobile, trains, how people lived and traveled during those times and the San Francisco earthquake. The main characters are a murdering bank robber that seems to evade capture by robbing banks throughout the country and murders all the witnesses, and the handsome hero detective's discovery of his idenity and the "chase" to persue him.

A must read for any Cussler fan. It is not a typical Cussler book but one filled with plenty of suspense thrills. I loved it.

Another of Clive cusslers great books, with just the right amount of suspence and history. I really couldn't put it down until I had finished it.

Good book.

Thoroughly enjoyed this novel. Love his style of writing.

Cussler classic - In April 1950, the rusting hulk of a steam locomotive is raised from a Montana lake. Inside are the remains of three men who died forty-four years before. In 1906 rhe Butcher Bandit has been robbing banks and cold-bloodedly murdering any and all witnesses and vanishing without a trace. Fed upu with the crimes, the US Government brings in the best man they can find - a tall, lean, no-nonsense detective named Isaac Bell. From Arizona to Colorado to the streets of San Francisco during its calamitous earthquake and fire, Bell pursues the sharpest and deadliest criminal he has ever encountered using science, deduction and intuition. It will take all of Bell's skills to not merely prevail, but to survive.

The book was good, but the ending was weak because most of the climax had already been revealed.

I thoroughly enjoyed this story, a lot of action, intelligent premise and an easy read to boot. I've not read any of the Pitt books but, I will be from the beginning soon. Isaac Bell, the hero of this story, is believable and honorable and his opponent is just as intelligent but, purely and utterly evil. Another Isaac Bell story is coming out November '09, can't wait!