Pre-Owned The Bomb Maker (Hardcover) by Thomas Perry

from booklover915

Thomas Perry's "The Bomb Maker," features a title character who is never named. This is fitting, since he is a one-dimensional villain who is scarcely recognizable as human. He is a megalomaniac who embodies greed, duplicity, and malice and takes pleasure in destroying people "from a safe distanc...

from cmt100

Perry strikes again. A stay-up-late-until-you-finish-it book. I learned a lot about bombs. (I hope not all of it is accurate.) Perhaps not Perry's best, but plenty good enough.

from SignoraEdie

Story is gripping and well-written. BUT the ending had so many loose ends, I was disappointed.

from alanteder

Ends too abruptly and without the proper catharsis Generally speaking, Thomas Perry writes by using only one plot mechanism: the hunter & the evader. The inventive ways that he tweaks that mechanism are what has made him a reliable suspense writer. He alternates having the heroes & villains as be...

from Hardboiled

If you are looking for a good, quick read filled with action and a bit of suspense this may be for you. I felt like I learned more about bomb making than I really wanted but that knowledge helped lend credence to the bomb maker's actions. While entertaining, I found a number of weaknesses in the ...