Death by Explosion?

[Murder Mystery Librarian]

Hi,

I'm looking to put together a list of crime / mystery novels where bombs or an explosion set the scene.

I'm drawing a bit of a blank. Any ideas?

The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad

Death Comes for the Fat Man by Reginald Hill

Thanks

[Jon Loomis]

Susan Choi's a terrific writer, for any who haven't read her stuff.

[Murder Mystery Librarian]

As long as there is a big old explosion it counts!

Love the cover of the Mariner version of Dirty Sweet.

Thanks, Kim

[John McFetridge]

Elmore Leonard's Freaky Deaky opens with a bomb and a bomb squad detective is a main character. Also, his 52 Pick-Up features a bomb, though it doesn't "set the scene."

There's a bomb in my own, Dirty Sweet, but again it doesn't start the book.

[Murder Mystery Librarian]

Thank you!

These are both wonderful additions and I found a few others the list is growing....

A Person of Interest by Susan Choi
Demolition Angel by Robert Crais
Blood Rain by Michael Dibdin
Act of Treason by Vince Flynn
The Dark Tide by Andrew Gross

[Pepper Smith]

Hmm. Well, Hot Money by Dick Francis involves a death by bomb, but it's not at the beginning of the book. Don't know if it meets your needs.