The Bomb Maker

By: Thomas Perry

Narrated by: Joe Barrett

A threat is called into the LAPD Bomb Squad, a team dispatched to a house whose owner is away, and a bomb disguised inside photography equipment exploded in the kitchen. But it is a second bomb hidden in the basement that has devastating consequences - half of the entire Bomb Squad is obliterated within seconds.

The fragmented unit turns to Dick Stahl, a former Bomb Squad commander who now operates his own private security company. Having just returned from a grueling job in Mexico, Stahl is reluctant to accept the offer, but senior technicians he had trained were among those killed. On his first day back at the head of the squad, Stahl's team is dispatched to a suspected car bomb outside a gas station. It quickly becomes clear to him that they are dealing with the same mastermind behind the weapon that killed 14 highly trained men and women barely 24 hours before - and that the intended target may be the Bomb Squad itself.

As the shadowy organization sponsoring this campaign of terror puts increasing pressure on the bomb maker, and Stahl becomes dangerously entangled with a member of his own team, the fuse on this high-stakes plot only burns faster. The Bomb Maker is Thomas Perry's biggest, most unstoppable thriller yet.

©2018 Thomas Perry (P)2018 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Not my favorite

I’ve read everything Thomas Perry has ever written and have loved them all. Joe Barrett was great as always, but this time the story was just ok. I listened to most of it and didn’t finish-Very unusual for me.

reviews said this is a how to,it's not lol lol

ok story, reviews says this is a how to manual, its not. the plot is OK but ends anti climactic

Interesting book, realistic?

Being a real compounding chemist I think the antagonist-badguy was very fortunate, to make, transport, and mouse-
trap, many tons of high explosive. The writing was very intertaining and beliveable for an average reader; I cringed
at the very thought of the super-sensative nature of the explosive brews.
All in all, a great suspense read!

Great story, but the narration put me to sleep

This was an excellent story by Mr Perry. The amount of research into bomb making and the inner workings of the bomb squads was incredible, and the story itself caused me to drive around the block a few times. However, I could not give the story the five stars it deserved because of the narration. Everything was in a flat monotone, no inflections, no differentiation in the characters voices. It was just being READ. Too bad.

Great book, one detail missing

I loved this book but was disappointed we never learned how the bomb maker learned his trade.