Help Needed: Books That Begin in Media Res

Hello flist,

Until I actually finish my thesis project and then my novel after that, I'm going to be scarce(er) on ellejay. However, if you could use your communal powers for good and not evil and help me find a novel that begins in media res to use as an example in the intro to my thesis project, that would be awesome. I know they exist but, typically, I can't think of one right at the moment.

See, my novel begins with a discussion of an incident that we never actually see or return to in the novel. It happened and the repercussions leave my character in the position we find her in at the start of the book. I think of it a bit like an episode of Farscape - I'm simpling skipping over what would normally be the first act and jumping right into the second.

Needless to say, I can't write in my introduction that "I based the structure of the opening of my novel on an episode of Farscape where we jump over the trip to Katrazi and open with our crew about to infiltrate the Scarran space station." I'm in treacherous water as it is, submitting a "gothic" (I say horror) thriller for my thesis to be graded by some stuffy litfic writer from Trinity College (wankers!).

So, if any of y'all could help a sister out, that would be marvellous, mates. Utterly bloody marvellous.

Also - being compared to John Updike... good?