Full disclosure: The author of The Fixer (Gary R. Hamilton) is my brother-in-law.
The Fixer is the second published
book by Gary R. Hamilton but he wrote it before he wrote Daydreamers which I reviewed last year. Like Daydreamers, The Fixer is an action-packed crime
thriller with a nice flow that leaves just enough time to introduce you to the
characters. And that’s a good thing as Mr. Hamilton has a gift for delivering characters
that the reader really cares about, while putting them in just enough trouble
to keep things interesting. After reading The Fixer, I hope there are plans for
a sequel as what is overall a good book leaves many (perhaps too many)
questions about why certain characters do the things they do but those
questions do not detract from what is a very good book.
After their daughter goes missing, and
after concluding that the authorities might be involved, Donald and Catherine
Martin turn to Kenneth Johnson for help. Kenneth agrees to help only to
discover that there is more to this case than meets the eye and the reader gets
to tag along as he, along with his family and friends, stumbles into a hornet’s
nest of corruption that puts them all in danger.
I enjoyed reading The Fixer but, as
I said before, I feel left with several questions which lead to feeling a
little less fulfilled than I did with Daydreamers. The plot is easy enough to
follow but, in a way, it is hard to tell who the true hero of the story is. It
also seems as if the real villain has little to do with the story, although not
unusual for a crime story, especially if there is going to be a sequel and this
book begs for a sequel.
I recommend The Fixer for anyone
who enjoys reading crime dramas and for those who are not real strict on the
rules for story development. My recommendation does come with a language
warning as Mr. Hamilton gives us real world characters with real world and
colorful language. My recommendation also comes with the warning that I suspect
(and hope) that Mr. Hamilton is setting us up for an investment of time that
will go beyond this first book.
The Fixer by Gary R. Hamilton,
Published by CITIOFBOOKS Inc., Copyright 2025
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