TY - BOOK AB - It is 1906, and in New York City, the Italian crime group known as the Black Hand (La Mano Nera) 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. AU - Cussler, Clive, AU - Scott, Justin, AU - Dahlquist, Roland, CN - Cussler ET - First G.P. Putnam's Sons premium edition. ID - 771804 KW - Bell, Isaac (Fictitious character) KW - Private investigators KW - Organized crime KW - Assassination KW - Presidents N1 - Interior illustrations by Roland Dahlquist on verso. N1 - Includes an excerpt from The cutthroat. N2 - It is 1906, and in New York City, the Italian crime group known as the Black Hand (La Mano Nera) 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. SN - 9780399185229 SN - 0399185224 T1 - The gangster :an Isaac Bell adventure / TI - The gangster :an Isaac Bell adventure / VL - bk. 9 ER -