Gripping and suspenseful. The detail is immaculate in this cleverly crafted thriller.
Many thanks to Shaling Press and to Netgalley for providing me with a galley in exchange for my honest opinion.

I found this to be a departure from the normal law enforcement vs. terrorist thriller. Bombmaker uses the unique idea of what would happen if a suicide bomber survived his attack and was held, in secret, by the government. It's an intriguing idea that I found very interesting.
The author really delves into what makes the "bombmaker" terrorist think. How he became radicalized, his thoughts and regrets. And also into the main interrogator's mind. How she came to be where she is. It all could have worked very well together, except for the author's constant back and forth from the past to the present. I found that confusing and frankly hard to follow.
Also, and I'm not sure if it is just me, but I figured out the "final act", both of the attack and the ending, about a third way into the book. It was rather disappointing, I wish the author had not telegraphed both so easily.

Emma is an interrogator for the US Govt and works in secure facilities. When it is discovered that an attack, on US soil, is in the works and a mastermind terrorist who survived a suicide bombing, is captured, she is called in to work on him.
And then begins a bit of a confusing cycle of real time interrogation interspersed with flashbacks to how they both arrived at this day and place; the bombmaker and the interrogator.
Both characters are clearly defined in the present but the telling of how they go to today is too much back and forth for such a deep storyline with each of them rather sad sacks within their own ranks of duty.
It started out intriguing and pulled you in with the initial bombing but lost me shortly thereafter.
OK for a so so read but definitely not big on the stars for me.

Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher, and the author for giving me a free eARC of this book to read in exchange for my review!