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    The Fixer
    The Fixer
    The Fixer
    Audiobook11 hours

    The Fixer

    Written by T. E. Woods

    Narrated by Christina Delaine

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Never a doubt. Never a mistake. Always for justice. Never for revenge. She's the person you hire when you need something fixed-permanently. With a strict set of criteria, she evaluates every request and chooses only a few. No more than one job per country, per year. She will only step in if it's clear that justice will not be served any other way. Her jobs are completed with skill and precision, and never result in inquiry or police investigation. The Fixer is invisible-and quite deadly . . . .

    In the office of a clinical psychologist in Olympia, Washington, a beautiful young woman is in terrible emotional pain. She puts up walls, tells lies, and seems to speak in riddles, but the doctor is determined to help her heal, despite the fact that she claims to have hurt many people. As their sessions escalate, the psychologist feels compelled to reach out to the police . . . but it might be too late.

    In Seattle, a detective gets a call from his son. A dedicated journalist, he wants his father's expertise as he looks into a suspicious death. Together they follow the trail of leads toward a stone-cold hired killer-only to find that death has been closer than either could have imagined.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateNov 15, 2016
    ISBN9781515984016
    The Fixer
    Author

    T. E. Woods

    T.E. Woods (Teri to her friends) is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Madison, Wisconsin. She blows off steam by writing murder mysteries and is the author of the well-received Justice series. In her free time, Teri enjoys the wonders of Wisconsin by hiking, biking, and kayaking. She knows her way around the kitchen, is someone you’d want on your trivia team, and has solved the Sunday New York Times crossword puzzle with a personal best time of twenty-four minutes. If you play poker with her, prepare to lose. If you sit down to watch a Wisconsin Badger football game with her, prepare to hear swear words you never thought would come out of the mouth of a sweet middle-aged lady.

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    • 3/5
      The Fixer is a book that reads like it wants to be a television show. The pacing is quick and the way the scenes and storylines are broken up makes it easy to imagine this as something that would be on the screen. The book starts off with a scene that would make a fantastic cold open to this hypothetical series, where we meet The Fixer of the title, and from there we delve into the rest of the book's world.

      We follow several different characters as their stories intertwine, including a police detective who's suffered some losses of his own, a psychologist who gets too close to the case, a university president not known for making friends, and a barista with his own surprising past. The scenes with Lydia, the psychologist, were some of my favorites, and I felt like the therapy scenes were handled well. (The author is a psychologist, so no surprise there.)

      There is an absolutely awesome twist in this book that is one that I both expected and totally didn't think would ever happen, all at the same time. It was one of those "wouldn't it be cool if..." thoughts that I brushed aside, so I was super pumped at the big reveal. There are several of these sorts of twists and reveals in the book, especially in the back half, which makes the end a very fast read.

      On the down-side, the way the book is structured, you're often introduced to a character and then don't hear from them for several chapters, so I did find myself sometimes forgetting who was who, or why someone was important. The ultimate plot resolution comes fast and furious, but in a pretty typical bad-guy-monologuing sort of way, and I thought it could have been handled in a more compelling way.

      Aside from your typical murder-mystery violence, this book also has some references to past child abuse, a scene describing medical experimentation and cruelty to animals, and some scenes involving cutting/self-injury.

      This is the first book in a series, which appears to focus on Mort Grant, the detective who works the case in The Fixer, so while this book stands on its own, it would definitely be interesting to see what happens next.
    • 4/5
      Vigilante? Or cold blooded killer? The line between the two is definitely blurred when it comes to T.E. Woods' debut mystery, The Fixer. Part murder mystery, part psychological thriller, there are plenty of shades of gray in this compelling whodunnit. An abundance of twists and turns make guessing the killer's identity next to impossible and I have to confess, I was rooting for the murderer throughout the entire novel.

      The fixer is who you call when justice has failed and with her clear cut rules, she is certain her victims deserve the punishment she is about to deliver. Carefully planning each killing, silently stalking her victims, her murders have gone undetected for years. Until now. A tenacious reporter reaches out to his cop father and together they uncover a pattern that will lead them to straight to the unsuspecting killer.

      Savannah Samuels, a beautiful but emotionally fragile young woman, seeks therapy from Dr. Lydia Corriger, a well established psychologist with a thriving practice. Savannah is quite mysterious and very reluctant to reveal any of her secrets but she is quite clear that she has done horrible things. Lydia is troubled by Savannah's inability to open up, but her perseverance eventually pays off, and she is stunned by Savannah's revelations.

      Lydia's concern for Savannah draws her into the murder investigation of a local grad student. In an effort to discover the possible link between his death and her patient, Lydia contacts the cop on the case, Mort Grant. Mort's investigation is at a standstill and he is quite eager to talk to Lydia. Despite his feeling that she is hiding something, Mort is drawn to Lydia and when their paths later cross, they begin forming a tentative friendship.

      It takes a while for the various storylines to comes together, but once they do, The Fixer becomes impossible to put down. The characters are fascinating and the mystery is incredibly intriguing but I was consumed with trying to guess the fixer's identity. Just when I thought I had the story all figured out, T.E. Woods throws in a MAJOR plot twist that I never saw coming. All in all, it is a very clever mystery with a unique storyline and I am very eager to read the next book in the series.
    • 4/5
      We all listen to the news and often, in our opinions, justice is terribly lacking. What if you knew someone that could ‘fix’ it? What if you had the kind of money necessary to pay someone to take care of it … to enact justice? This is the job of ‘The Fixer’. She’s not someone you can hire to knock off a spouse ‘just because’. The Fixer set rules for herself. Some of the rules were set so that she wouldn’t call attention to herself, like “No more than one job per country per year.” Some were set to make a judgement call about a case: “Only when it was clear that justice couldn’t or wouldn’t be served …” Quite simply, she’s a vigilante who will do the dirty work for pay.The major players were Lydia Corriger, a psychologist; Savannah Samuels, Lydia’s patient who keeps referring to bad things she’s done; Mort Grant, a Seattle detective; and Robbie, Mort’s son and a Denver journalist. Robbie was working on a hunch that Gordon Halloway was murdered. Gordon had gotten rich on money schemes that ruined the lives of many. Originally, Gordon’s death appeared to be a heart attack while enjoying the company of a prostitute. Robbie’s hunch started the ball rolling for Detective Grant as other cases began to come to light.Early on, the reader gets to see The Fixer make a decision about a job and turn it down. We’re given her standards and we are privy to the fact that The Fixer is a woman. The characters were phenomenal. The author held back on who The Fixer was until late in the book and there were some great twists on that matter. Because of the initial secrecy and unveiling of The Fixer, this first book in The Justice series should be read first. I already knew since I’d previously read book 2, but it was still enjoyable. While I recommend this book for its engaging story line, I do need to state that it is quite graphic in nature. Rating: 4 out of 5.
    • 5/5
      The Fixer: A Justice Novel by T. E. Woods is a very highly recommended debut novel in a new series of thrillers featuring Detective Mort Grant and psychologist Lydia Corriger. Look for the second book, Red Hot Fix, due to be released on June 10, 2014.

      The Fixer is the person people hire when they need something fixed - but we aren't talking about siding or plumbing problems. The Fixer tackles the big jobs, the personal jobs. The Fixer is contacted when an injustice needs to be made right or can only be handled by having someone eliminated to pay for their misdeeds. However, even though The Fixer is a vigilante/assassin, she does follow a strict moral code. She needs to hear the details and then she will decide if she is going to "fix" the problem. And, yes, The Fixer is a woman.

      "The Fixer never strayed from the rules she set for herself six years ago. No more than one job per country per year. Never less than two months between assignments. Only when it was clear that justice couldn’t or wouldn’t be served would she consider a case. Her jobs rarely raised a coroner’s inquest, and never a police investigation. The Fixer was invisible."

      The Fixer is hired to eliminate Dr. Fred Bastian, chair of the university neuroscience department, because of the extreme cruelty he has shown in his research involving animals. Bastian is believed to have died from a heart attack until a graduate researcher from another department is brutally murdered. Soon it becomes clear that the two cases may be related but the question is how. Mort Grant is on the investigation.

      At the same time there is a second mystery. Psychologist Lydia Corriger is seeing a beautiful patient who calls herself Savannah. She won't tell the truth about her life, sharing what she chooses to in cryptic sentences instead, but she claims she is a bad person, broken, and she needs to be fixed. Lydia never knows when Savannah will show up and she is not sure what it is that Savannah has done that is so awful.

      The writing was excellent. The story moved swiftly along. Woods provided just the information she wanted us to have for that part of the story until the two mysteries begin to merge. There is a major reveal half way through the novel that had me pause and go back to reread the last chapter to make sure I hadn't inadvertently missed something. The pace is quick and the suspense keeps the tension mounting right up to the end.

      All the characters were well developed. Maybe it is because author Woods is a clinical psychologist herself, but there is a keen insight into the characters, what they are thinking about and struggling with, along with how they approach life. They all come across as real people, flawed and wounded, but real.

      I really enjoyed The Fixer and am anxiously looking forward to the second book, Red Hot Fix.

      Disclosure: I received an advanced reading copy of this book from Random House for review purposes.
    • 3/5
      I almost gave up on this one when, about half way through, there was a big reveal that was very confusing. I stuck with it though, and thoughtthe second half of the book a lot better than the first. The book has a good story line, but could have used some editing. Otherwise, well written. I liked the ending!
    • 5/5
      This was an interesting story. We have a vigilante, produced basically by the foster care system as it currently exist. We have a recently widowed detective with guilt issues about a daughter the same age as the vigilante. We have an independent assassin who get co-opted by the sorts of criminals she hunts, and who try to force her to murder to their agenda, thinking she just kills for cash. The book moved slowly, but that allowed all these different elements to simmer and produce a story of infinate textures. Read this book for free at NetGalley.
    • 5/5
      This was a wild and twisty ride that started with a huge shift halfway through when the character we started out with, seemed to morph into a whole new main character. I had no clue who was what or when for awhile there and I love when that happens! I enjoyed the relationship between Liddy & Mort and that is why this book gets a 5 star nod from me ... well, that and the child abuse angle which always gets to me as I have worked with and been around abused kids for a good part of my life. The story starts with a hired killer known as the fixer. Her kills are always for justice, never for revenge, vigilante justice . She evaluates each request and only does one a year. There are some high profile murders happening in town and the Police detective needs some help figuring things out so he turns to a local clinical philologist for some help and it seems she has some problems of her own to figure out with a young woman who knows her from her past. Can these two people come together and find the assassin who seems to be shadowing them both? throw in the mix some extremely wealthy powerful people and you have some wild twists and turns in this book. Great story line, great characters. I am looking forward to the next book out in this series "The Red Hot Fix" coming out in June 2014
    • 4/5
      I was interested in reading a book from the Random House Alibi eBook imprint, and after turning the last page on The Fixer, I have to say that I'm very pleased. Author T.E. Woods proves quite skilled at turning the usual thriller formula on its head to create something with nuanced characters, expert plotting, and enough twists and turns to satisfy most adrenaline junkies.In doing a bit of research, I've seen this book listed as both the first of the "Justice" novels and as the first in the Mort Grant (the Seattle cop) series, which brings up one of the points I wanted to make about the book. The first part of The Fixer deals with the psychologist and the patient, and while the reader is busy trying to figure out the identity of the assassin, Mort Grant quietly slips into the action. Part of me wants to protest the fact that the women couldn't bail themselves out of the situation they'd gotten themselves into, but without going deeper into the story and possibly spoiling the plot for future readers, I can understand why Woods decided to do what she did. Besides, Mort Grant is such an interesting character that I definitely want to see more of him.I also thought that several of the clues the author set out for readers to find were too easy to spot even through the misdirection, but then I got hooked on it. How sure was I that I was on the right track? If you're an indecisive sort of reader, you just might get a bit dizzy in the midst of The Fixer. Throughout the story, I had the feeling that I had just opened the door to something very special. I really look forward to more books by T.E. Woods.