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Mystery · 2017 · PG-13

The Fix

by David Baldacci

A man shoots a woman on the steps of FBI headquarters in broad daylight. He kills himself immediately after. Amos Decker saw it happen.

For14+GenreMysteryLength388 pagesRead time~10.8 hoursCommunity ratings0

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Violence

A lot

Moderate-to-strong violence — a public shooting and suicide; the investigation's dark revelations

Language

Some

Moderate profanity

Sexual Content

None

No sexual content

Substance Use

None

No meaningful substance use

Emotional Intensity

Some

The public shooting — Decker witnessed it; what connects the two strangers; what the killer knew that made him willing to die

What this book is about

A man walks up to a woman outside FBI headquarters in Washington D.C. and shoots her — in front of hundreds of witnesses, including Amos Decker. He then turns the gun on himself. The killer and victim have no known connection. Decker investigates what link between two strangers drove a man to kill publicly and then die. The Fix is the third Amos Decker novel.

Notes for sensitive readers

Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.

A public shooting — multiple witnesses including Decker

A murder-suicide with no apparent motive

Third in the Amos Decker series

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