The Cutthroat

The Year Is 1911. Chief Investigator Isaac Bell Of The Van Dorn Detective Agency Has Had Many Extraordinary Cases Before. But None Quite Like This. Hired To Find A Young Woman Named Anna Pape Who Ran Away From Home To Become An Actress, Bell Gets A Shock When Her Murdered Body Turns Up Instead. Vowing To Bring The Killer To Justice, He Begins A Manhunt Which Leads Him Into Increasingly More Alarming Territory. Anna Pape Was Not Alone In Her Fate--petite Young Blond Women Like Anna Are Being Murdered In Cities Across America. And The Pattern Goes Beyond The Physical Resemblance Of The Victims--there Are Disturbing Familiarities About The Killings Themselves That Send A Chill Through Even A Man As Experienced With Evil As Bell. If He Is Right About His Fears, Then He Is On The Trail Of One Of The Greatest Monsters Of His Time-- Clive Cussler And Justin Scott.