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The Bombmaker (Paperback)

by Stephen Leather (Author)
3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
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  • Paperback: 406 pages
  • Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks; New edition edition (1 Jan 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0340689560
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340689561
  • Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 207,870 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Andrea was the best bomb maker the IRA ever had, until a bomb that was not even meant to kill anybody killed four boys and maimed another; for ten years she has been a wife and mother and has thought that the world of terrorism and loud explosions had forgotten her. Stephen Leather's The Bombmaker is a complicated intrigue plucked from today's headlines, where no loyalty is forever and terrorism is a business. Andrea's daughter is kidnapped and held hostage and Andrea finds herself compelled to build the biggest bomb of her career ... And, as she tries to find a way out of her situation that will leave both her and her daughter alive, old allies and old enemies form alliances to cope with new situations. Leather is informative and ingenious; his plotting is fierce and his capacity to build almost unbearable suspense remarkable. The technicalities of building a large bomb from everyday materials or bugging a household or dealing with a group of SAS men with orders to shoot to kill are all efficiently and clearly laid out for us in this gripping thriller. --Roz Kaveney

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A little girl's promise kept, 3 Oct 2005
By Joseph Haschka (Glendale, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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What would happen if two tons of fertilizer hit the fan?

During the first hundred pages of THE BOMBMAKER, one learns that four otherwise respectable Beijing Chinese - a general, two bankers, and a relative of former Communist Party First Secretary Deng Xiaoping - want to blow a bloody big hole in the center of London's financial district. Why isn't immediately apparent. Maybe they'd encountered a snippy foreign exchange teller on their last visit to The City. To work out the details, they employ a mysterious killer-for-hire named Egan, who coerces a former IRA bombmaker, Andrea Hayes, to construct the explosive device by kidnapping her young daughter, Katie. In the bad old days, Andrea specialized in fertilizer bombs, but gave up that line of work after accidently killing four young boys and maiming a fifth. For years, she's lived with her husband, Martin, who knows nothing of her past.

THE BOMBMAKER is such a first rate knuckle-biter that the unspecified reason for the plot, though eventually revealed, recedes into the background and the reader is left to fear for Katie in her basement prison, to empathize with Andrea confronting the repercussions of past notoriety and four-thousand pounds of smelly Bandini, and sympathize with Martin left alone, frantic, and without a clue. And it only gets better when MI5 finally gets dropped into the plot's mix.

The high-tension ending should leave even the most jaded of thriller readers satisfied. Oddly, however, it's spunky Katie's last act that prompted me to award 5 stars, even though she's given relatively little exposure in the overall story. Because of her, I ended up liking this book enormously. Cross my heart and swear to die.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A good read, 19 Oct 2004
By S. LEECH "evest27" (Manchester, UK) - See all my reviews
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This is first of Stephen Leather's novel I have read and I am delighted to say it won't be the last. He develops interesting and charismatic characters and keep the plot moving nice and quick to keep you hooked. The chinese element to the plot adds flavour but does feature enough to anything more than background story. This isn't a negative, however, as it keeps the attention focused on the main thread.
I don't want to give away any story details, save to say this is a good read, well researched and realistic. Recommended.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, 3 Mar 2007
By S. Brown - See all my reviews
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I've recently stumbled accross Stephen Leather by accident and I love his books! I'm tired of the predicatble thrillers by writers like Patterson & Hyder, so it's nice to see something with a bit of spark about it! This was fresh, original, well researched and entertaining! I think that thrillers should be fast, and this one doesn't disappoint! The plot zips along, gathering momentum and tension as it goes. The carachters, if a little thin, are realistic and perfectly suited to the pace and storyline of the book. I've recomended this to a few of my mates who are new readers and they've loved this as well. Great stuff!
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3.0 out of 5 stars one eye on a movie deal
The book zips along nicely and it has no trouble holding your attention but the premise is utter horse manure. The author was probably seeing movie rights.
Published 5 months ago by C. Flatley

4.0 out of 5 stars Explosive
A cracking story with a yong girl kidnapped with the mother having to make a bomb as ransom. There is a great deal of suspense with the kidnappers dealing with a troublsome girl,... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Clive

3.0 out of 5 stars A tough thriller
In her younger and politically naïve student years, Andrea Hayes made bombs for the IRA, ones that were designed to wreck buildings not people in order to create chaos not murder... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Philippe Horak

2.0 out of 5 stars Good idea, but too predictable
Although this book starts off well, it quickly goes downhill by becoming very formulaic and predictable. Read more
Published on 10 Oct 2003 by afx237vi

5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it from start to finish.
I ordered this book recently after watching the TV program on Sky One - mainly because we had picture interferance halfway through and I wanted to know what I'd missed. Read more
Published on 23 May 2003

4.0 out of 5 stars fast moving action (although the end was a bit quick)
This was the first Stephen Leather book I’d read, and if I’m honest I don’t really remember why I read it. Read more
Published on 20 April 2003 by Darren Simons

4.0 out of 5 stars A good, tense thriller
Odd that this author is basically invisible in the US. The Bombmaker is a tense thriller that starts off just a tad slow but that steadily cranks up the tension until you find... Read more
Published on 12 Jul 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars Missing the point
...the similarities between The Bombmaker and Leather's earlier book, The Chinaman, are because in many ways The Bombmaker is a sequel. Read more
Published on 12 Jan 2001

1.0 out of 5 stars Not a bad attempt, lacks pace and intrigue
I read the Chinaman first, which was excellent. Then the bombmaker, which if it would have been my first book by Stephen Leather, would also have been excellent. Read more
Published on 25 Aug 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Again !
Having read all of Leather books over the past few years i cant wait for his next one. Maybe not in the same league as The Chinaman (my own favourite) it is still an outstanding,... Read more
Published on 23 Aug 2000

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