The Explosive Ordinance Disposal unit of the LAPD is an elite group like no other. These brave men and women put their lives on the line every day. When half of the bomb squad is killed by a particularly well-designed bomb, the City is in shock. It is only after former bomb squad commander Dick Stahl is recruited to be the commander once again on an interim basis that the police realize that the bomber is apparently targeting the bomb squad, making each new bomb a little more clever than the last. The bomber becomes more and more frustrated as Stahl and his team fail to fall into his traps time and time again. At the same time, Stahl becomes romantically involved with a team member, which puts her at risk and affects his judgment where she is concerned. When she narrowly escapes death one day and then manages to survive the bombing of her hospital floor, Stahl becomes even more determined to stop the bomber before the city becomes totally gripped in fear.
The Bomb Maker by Thomas Perry is a dark journey inside the mind of a killer that few authors have successfully created. Perry is an accomplished author, having garnered both an Edgar and a Barry Award for two of his previous novels. The Bomb Maker takes the reader both into the mind of a mad bomber and the squad of officers who show up when called to safely dispose of explosive devices, often risking their own lives in the process. The novel brings to mind such individuals as the Unibomber, which those of us of a certain age will remember or the D. C. Sniper of more recent memory. With it's well-rounded characters and fast-moving plot, this novel gets 4/5 stars from me.
**An electronic copy of this book was the only consideration received in exchange for my review.**
The Bomb Maker by Thomas Perry is a dark journey inside the mind of a killer that few authors have successfully created. Perry is an accomplished author, having garnered both an Edgar and a Barry Award for two of his previous novels. The Bomb Maker takes the reader both into the mind of a mad bomber and the squad of officers who show up when called to safely dispose of explosive devices, often risking their own lives in the process. The novel brings to mind such individuals as the Unibomber, which those of us of a certain age will remember or the D. C. Sniper of more recent memory. With it's well-rounded characters and fast-moving plot, this novel gets 4/5 stars from me.
**An electronic copy of this book was the only consideration received in exchange for my review.**
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