The Bomb Maker's Son
A Parker Stern Novel
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4.4 • 14 Ratings
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
A fugitive from justice shows up on Parker Stern’s doorstep, seeking representation. Ian Holzner—better known as the Playa Delta Bomber—is about to be arrested for allegedly planting a bomb that killed four people in 1975. Parker turns down the case, until the revelation of a startling secret from Parker’s estranged mother all but forces him, against his better judgment, to change his mind. As media attention swirls around the reemerged Playa Delta Bomber, a bomb explodes and other violent acts occur. Is Holzner the mastermind behind these new attacks? At great personal risk, Parker tries to uncover the truth, all while discovering long-hidden, painful realities about his family and his own past. From the Trade Paperback edition.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The title of Rotstein's third novel featuring attorney Parker Stern (after 2014's Reckless Disregard) is fitting: it's an explosive legal thriller set largely in Southern California that will keep readers guessing until the end. After being coerced by his estranged mother (who happens to be a cult leader) into representing one of her friends from the 1970s an anti Vietnam War radical accused of domestic terrorism who has been a fugitive from justice for almost four decades Stern becomes entangled in a deadly mystery that revolves around the 1975 bombing of a Veterans Administration building in Playa Delta, Calif., which killed four people. As potential witnesses for the defense are murdered, Stern must also deal with life-changing revelations about himself and his rebel parents. Memorable characters and themes that are just as timely today as they were in the '70s help make this a deeply satisfying page-turner.
