The Cutthroat

Clive Cussler, Justin Scott The Cutthroat

TITLES BY CLIVE CUSSLER

DIRK PITT® ADVENTURES

Odessa Sea (with Dirk Cussler)

Havana Storm (with Dirk Cussler)

Poseidon’s Arrow (with Dirk Cussler)

Crescent Dawn (with Dirk Cussler)

Arctic Drift (with Dirk Cussler)

Treasure of Khan (with Dirk Cussler)

Black Wind (with Dirk Cussler)

Trojan Odyssey

Valhalla Rising

Atlantis Found

Flood Tide

Shock Wave

Inca Gold

Sahara

Dragon

Treasure

Cyclops

Deep Six

Pacific Vortex!

Night Probe!

Vixen 03

Raise the Titanic!

Iceberg

The Mediterranean Caper

SAM AND REMI FARGO ADVENTURES

Pirate (with Robin Burcell)

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

KURT AUSTIN ADVENTURES

Novels from The NUMA® Files

Nighthawk (with Graham Brown)

The Pharaoh’s Secret (with Graham Brown)

Ghost Ship (with Graham Brown)

Zero Hour (with Graham Brown)

The Storm (with Graham Brown)

Devil’s Gate (with Graham Brown)

Medusa (with Paul Kemprecos)

The Navigator (with Paul Kemprecos)

Polar Shift (with Paul Kemprecos)

Lost City (with Paul Kemprecos)

White Death (with Paul Kemprecos)

Fire Ice (with Paul Kemprecos)

Blue Gold (with Paul Kemprecos)

Serpent (with Paul Kemprecos)

OREGON® FILES

The Emperor’s Revenge (with Boyd Morrison)

Piranha (with Boyd Morrison)

Mirage (with Jack Du Brul)

The Jungle (with Jack Du Brul)

The Silent Sea (with Jack Du Brul)

Corsair (with Jack Du Brul)

Plague Ship (with Jack Du Brul)

Skeleton Coast (with Jack Du Brul)

Dark Watch (with Jack Du Brul)

Sacred Stone (with Craig Dirgo)

Golden Buddha (with Craig Dirgo)

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)

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.