A bomb is more than a weapon. A bomb is an expression of the bomber's
predictions of human behavior--a performance designed to fool you into
making one fatally wrong move. In The Bomb Maker, Thomas Perry
introduces us to the dark corners of a mind intent on transforming a
simple machine into an act of murder--and to those committed to
preventing that outcome at any cost.
A threat is called into the LAPD Bomb Squad and when tragedy ensues, the
fragmented unit turns to Dick Stahl, a former Bomb Squad commander who
now operates his own private security company. Just returned from a
tough job in Mexico, Stahl is at first reluctant to accept the offer,
but his sense of duty to the technicians he trained is too strong to
turn it down. On his first day back at the head of the squad, Stahl's
three-person team is dispatched to a suspected car bomb. And it quickly
becomes clear to him that they are dealing with an unusual
mastermind--one whose intended target seems to be the Bomb Squad itself.
As the shadowy organization sponsoring this campaign of violence 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.
