The Detonators

{{Short description|1985 novel by Donald Hamilton}}

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| name = The Detonators

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| image = The Detonators.jpg

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| caption = 1985 paperback edition

| author = Donald Hamilton

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| country = United States

| language = English

| series = Matt Helm

| genre = Spy novel

| publisher = Fawcett Publications

| release_date = 1982

| media_type = Print (Paperback)

| pages = 345 pp

| isbn = 0-449-12755-9

| oclc= 12239560

| preceded_by = The Infiltrators

| followed_by = The Vanishers

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The Detonators, published in 1985, is a novel in the long-running secret agent series Matt Helm by Donald Hamilton.

Plot summary

Matt Helm is assigned to assassinate an expert in explosives who is planning to build his own atomic weapon.

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