Isaac Bell is the main character of four of Clive Cussler

Clive Cussler

Clive Eric Cussler is an American adventure novelist and marine archaeologist. His thriller novels, many featuring the character Dirk Pitt, have reached The New York Times fiction best-seller list more than seventeen times...

's books, The Chase

The Chase (Clive Cussler)

The Chase is a western novel by author Clive Cussler in November 2007.-Blurb:April 1950: The rusting hulk of a steam locomotive rises from the deep waters of a Montana lake. Inside is all that remains of three men who died forty-four years before. But it is not the engine or its grisly contents...

 (2007), The Wrecker

The Wrecker (Clive Cussler)

The Wrecker is a novel by Clive Cussler.Isaac Bell is back in this sequel to Clive Cussler's The Chase.Most of the story takes place in 1907 in the United States of America...

 (2009), The Spy (2010) and The Race (2011). He is an ace detective with the Van Dorn Detective agency.

Isaac Bell is the son of Ebenezer Bell and grandson of Isaiah Bell, two prominent Boston

Boston

Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...

bankers. He is engaged to Marion Morgan.

The character Isaac Bell has similarities with Brisco County Jr., the main character from the short-lived TV series western Adventures of Brisco County Jr, which aired on Fox in the 90's in that they are both well educated and work with the law (Isaac Bell as a detective and Brisco County Jr. as a bounty hunter)