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  • Bringing the World's Deadliest Bombers to Justice
  • By: Cliff Todd
  • Narrated by: Richard Burnip
  • Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (16 ratings)
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Explosive

By: Cliff Todd
Narrated by: Richard Burnip
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Summary

The story of Britain's leading forensic explosives scientist, who for nearly three-decades investigated some of the most prominent national and international criminal bomb attacks in history.

Cliff Todd devoted his life to bringing bomb makers to justice. He and his colleagues at the Ministry of Defence's Forensic Explosives Laboratory are the unsung heroes of terrorist bomb attacks—the men and women in white suits who piece together who planted the bombs, what a device consisted of and how the perpetrators might give themselves away.

They played a pivotal role in uncovering the secrets behind some of the world's most horrifying terrorist outrages. Explosive tells the stories of these high-profile cases and details, for the first time, the contribution Todd and his team made in tracking down bombers during a time when Britain was under attack first by the IRA and then by Islamic extremists inspired by al-Qaeda.

Explosive takes the listener into the murky world of the amateur bomb maker, and reveals what Todd's department achieved in many now infamous attacks, including the device concealed in a radio cassette player that brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, the IRA attacks on Warrington in Cheshire, the Bali nightclub bombings of 2002, and the 7/7 onslaught in central London that claimed 56 lives and injured 784 others in 2005.

In Explosive, Todd takes us step by step through the investigations, explaining the chemistry, the forensic work and the emotional toll on him and his staff as they sought to recreate and understand what had happened at some of the most shocking tragedies in modern peacetime history.

©2021 Cliff Todd (P)2021 Headline Publishing Group Ltd

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Truly insightful

I loved this book. it was so interesting for a science nerd like myself, however I wasn't lost in it being too chemistry heavy. It was very insightful and a moving view into a world that I knew almost nothing (except for what the press puts out) about. I highly recommend this book.

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Brilliant insight to the world of explosive 🧨

This book gives an excellent insight into the world of forensic explosives investigations, I highly recommend this book

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Probably my most enjoyable audio book

A particularly interesting account of the investigations, carried out on terrorist bombings, by the Forensic Explosive Laboratory (FEL) based at Fort Halstead in Kent. I also enjoyed the narration.

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Enthralling

absolutely brilliant listen, came across it by accident but I'm glad I did. what a career Cliff has had, hopefully he'll write another book.

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This is very interesting

I am about 2 hrs in and I am really enjoying this. As most do, he starts telling us in great detail about his beginnings.

The review I read before I bought this said the narrator was bad. This is not the case for me, This is a neutral reader, no strong accent and can read just great. Not sure what the issue is for the last reviewer but the narrator is better than most.

I will come back and finish the review, just thought this book deserved a better review.

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What a shame

Was excited about this as it had great potential with very interesting content but ruined by terrible narration, so bad I had to switch it off and not finish. Such a shame

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