Okay I gave it four because I read the "Bomb Maker" by Thomas Perry first and this book while it had a psycho daughter was just blam, blam straight forward and boom close the book. I guess I am saying good writing but simplistic.

Outstanding book that was impossible to put down. Anything this author writes is superb

In regards, to a shorter novel from this author, I did like this book. It was a quick read. Yet, it had a good storyline, engaging characters, and moved at a fast pace.

You might want to hate Ike. Even say that he brought the trouble to his doorstep but as I got to know him and see how much he really cared and loved his family; I could not hate or blame him. In fact, you could say he was one of those men that were changed once he had a child. Henry is a bright spot in this book. Allison is definitely a scorned woman. She brings a whole new level to "crazy".

The most action is in the last third of the story. It is where Ike's skills as a bomb expert is tested by Allison's bomb expertise. There are some intense moments. Which, the story is wrapped up nicely by the end. I did enjoy this book.

This was meant to be something of a palate cleanser and it worked as such, a mindless by the numbers thriller that goes boom boom, literally. At one instance the main protagonist’s wife says something like High explosive entertainment, sounds like a cheesy B movie tagline. Well, that’s exactly right, so at least there’s so level of self awareness involved, maybe. This is very much a book equivalent of a B movie, a revenge story that utilizes various (old school and futuristic) explosives. The main character is a master blaster professionally and passionately, also a devoted family man, whose one momentarily lapse of judgement some 16 years in the past comes back to terrorize him with a vengeance in the shape of a daughter of his former business partner, who at 25 is not only an associate professor specializing in next generation explosives, but also something of a psycho, owning to her traumatic childhood. So it’s a very straight forward sort of a story, no twists, no turns, just one action sequence after another until the predictable ending. Zandri is a best selling author, this reads like a best selling fiction, in that supermarket sort of way, the sort of book you’d pick up on the go, read on a trip, leave once done and forget about almost immediately. The man is responsible for 30 books at least, that sort of prolificacy seldom denotes quality. But it’s perfectly readable and occasionally kinda fun. Not quite dynamite, although for all the obvious reasons it would be the way one would market it. With expectations sufficiently adjusted, it’ll do to pass the time. Thanks Netgalley.

This book was a solid read! It kept you glued to the pages, your heart in your throat and I simply didn't want to put it down. Great characters! It would have been prefect for me had it not ended the way it did. I needed closure and it was left open and as far as I can tell this is not going to be a series.

I received this ARC in exchange for an honest review.