"How Easily Things Can Explode," by Daniel C. Bartlett, in Crimeucopia: Totally Psycho Logical, Murderous Ink Press, 2024.
The publisher sent me a copy of this book.
Nolan is not a normal guy. He is somewhere between an awkward loner and neurodiverse. His life went off the rails in high school when a comment in a stress-filled moment was interpreted as a bomb threat.
Years later he is working as a garbage man and when unexploded bombs are found in the city he knows the police will be coming to check him out. It's a dangerous time, combining an upcoming election and a classic cross-city football game that is turning the wealthy and poor sides of the town against each other.
Things get more complicated when Nolan learns about someone involved in one of the dangerous incidents -- and it is someone he has a connection to.
Can Nolan do the right thing? What is the right thing? A moving story.
