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TITLES BY CLIVE CUSSLER
DIRK PITT® ADVENTURES
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Treasure of Khan (with Dirk Cussler)
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Iceberg
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The Solomon Curse (with Russell Blake)
The Eye of Heaven (with Russell Blake)
The Mayan Secrets (with Thomas Perry)
The Tombs (with Thomas Perry)
The Kingdom (with Grant Blackwood)
Lost Empire (with Grant Blackwood)
Spartan Gold (with Grant Blackwood)
ISAAC BELL ADVENTURES
The Cutthroat (with Justin Scott)
The Gangster (with Justin Scott)
The Assassin (with Justin Scott)
The Bootlegger (with Justin Scott)
The Striker (with Justin Scott)
The Thief (with Justin Scott)
The Race (with Justin Scott)
The Spy (with Justin Scott)
The Wrecker (with Justin Scott)
The Chase
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Skeleton Coast (with Jack Du Brul)
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NONFICTION
Built for Adventure: The Classic Automobiles of Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt
Built to Thrill: More Classic Automobiles from Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt
The Sea Hunters (with Craig Dirgo)
The Sea Hunters II (with Craig Dirgo)
Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt Revealed (with Craig Dirgo)
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Cussler, Clive, author. | Scott, Justin, author.
Title: The cutthroat / Clive Cussler and Justin Scott.
Description: New York : G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2017. | Series: An Isaac Bell Adventure ; 10
Identifiers: LCCN 2017002791 (print) | LCCN 2017003022 (ebook) | ISBN 9780399575600 (hardback) | ISBN 9780399575617 (ebook) | ISBN 9780735215702 (international edition)
Subjects: LCSH: Bell, Isaac (Fictitious character)—Fiction. | Private investigators—Fiction. | Serial murders—Fiction. | BISAC: FICTION / Action & Adventure. | FICTION / Suspense. | FICTION / Historical. | GSAFD: Suspense fiction.
Classification: LCC PS3553.U75 C88 2017 (print) | LCC PS3553.U75 (ebook) | DDC 813/.54—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017002791
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the authors’ imaginations or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
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Contents
Titles by Clive Cussler
Title Page
Copyright
Cast of Characters
PROLOGUE
ACT ONE
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
ACT TWO
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
ACT THREE
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
ACT FOUR
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
EPILOGUE
About the Authors
CAST OF CHARACTERS
THE VAN DORN DETECTIVE AGENCY
Isaac Bell — Chief Investigator.
Joseph Van Dorn — The “Boss.”
Harry Warren — Chief of Van Dorn Gang Squad, born Salvatore Guaragna, alias Broadway theater sceneshifter Quinn, Isaac Bell confidant.
Grady Forrer — Head of Research.
Archibald Angell Abbott IV — New York blue blood, former actor, Isaac Bell’s best friend since they fought a college boxing match.
Helen Mills — Isaac Bell’s protégée, daughter of U.S. Army Brigadier G. Tannenbaum Mills, first woman detective in the agency.
James Dashwood — Sharpshooter, Isaac Bell protégé.
“Kansas City” Eddie Edwards — Railroad protection specialist.
Texas Walt Hatfield — Former Texas Ranger and Van Dorn private detective turned Western movie cowboy.
Scudder Smith — Former newspaperman masquerading as inebriated New York Evening Sun reporter.
Eddie Tobin — Gang Squad harbor pirate specialist.
VAN DORN FIELD OFFICE CHIEFS
Horace Bronson — San Francisco.
Tim Holian — Los Angeles.
Charlie Post — Denver.
Jerry Sedgwick — Cincinnati.
NEW YORKERS
Captain “Honest Mike” Coligney — Commands New York Police Department 19th Precinct serving the Tenderloin and the Theater District.
Nick Sayers — Handsome proprietor of Grove Mansion, a bordello known as the “Ritz of the Tenderloin.”
Skinner — Two-hundred-and-fifty-pound doorman of the “Ritz of the Tenderloin.”
Neil Nyren — Bordello procurer, twinkly-eyed proprietor of perfume shop in Grand Central Terminal.
Gophers — West Side gangsters.
Adolph Klauber — New York Times drama critic.
Mrs. Shine — Proprietress of Mrs. Shine’s Boarding House for Actors, Anna Waterbury’s landlady.
Heather and Lou — Dancers residing at Mrs. Shine’s.
DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE COMPANY
Jackson Barrett — Actor-impresario, matinee idol, and writer who trades the title roles of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in his modernized version of the melodrama based on the Robert Louis Stevenson novella.
John Buchanan — Actor-impresario, matinee idol, and the business brains of the Barrett & Buchanan Theater Company, trades Jekyll and Hyde title roles with Jackson Barrett, his near twin.
Isabella Cook — “Great and Beloved” leading-lady Broadway actress, plays beautiful heiress Gabriella Utterson.
Henry Booker Young — Barrett & Buchanan’s long-serving, long-suffering stage manager.
The publicist
Jeff and Joe Deaver — Wealthy brothers, “angels” who invest in Broadway shows.
Miss Gold — General businesswoman-actress, ticket shill.
Rick L. Cox — Playwright, embittered ghostwriter.
ALIAS JIMMY VALENTINE COMPANY
Mr. Vietor — Star.
Douglas Lockwood — Plays Detective Doyle.
Lucy Balant — General businesswoman-actress, Anna Waterbury’s roommate in Mrs. Shine’s Boarding House for Actors.
Ned Stewart — Head carpenter.
Stage Manager
ENGLAND
Joel Wallace — Chief of Van Dorn London field office.
Scotland Yard inspector
Scotland Yard detectives and constables — Active and retired.
Nigel
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