Reviews for Bombs gone!

The average rating for Bombs gone! based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-01-24 00:00:00 Shawn Wade a shorter review than the book probably deserves, but honestly I was underwhelmed by this Martin Walker historical thriller. I'm not exactly sure what turned me off, because the three interlocking stories that form the novel aren't exactly bad and I was actually traveling through the region, sampling foie-gras and confit de canard as I was reading, visiting Lascaux and most of the other villages mentioned in the story. Maybe it was the heavy political slant of the middle section, the one dealing with the Nazis but focusing mostly on the BAD Communist maquis. Maybe it was the cardboard characters and the wooden dialogue in the modern section, the one investigating a 'lost' cave with prehistoric murals. The result was that I actually looked forward only to one third of the book, the one actually describing the lifestyle of the cavemen 20000 years ago and speculating what made them do grandiose animal frescoes nobody could see clearly. Having grumbled away at what the novel failed to deliver on my expectations, I would mention that I am still interested in what Walker has done with his police procedural series ("Bruno, Chief of Police") because he clearly is interested in the Perigord region and has a keen eye for detail.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-02-29 00:00:00 Derek Cheung Written before the excellent Inspector Bruno series, this novel has three braided stories, all set in the caves area of Perigord, but one set 17000 years ago, one in the present and one in 1944 as the Resistance stepped up its campaign against Nazi occupation. It’s an undemanding quick read.