[The Page 69 Test: Constance]
FitzSimmons's new novel is The Slate.
At CrimeReads he tagged four of the best (and most cynical) fixers in fiction, including:
Nena Knight / Her Name is Knight / Yasmin Angoe / 2021Read about the other entries on the list.
Is there a difference between the Fixer and the Assassin? The line between the two is fine and likely comes down to the application of force. A great example of a character that straddles that line is Yasmin Angoe’s Nena Knight, an elite Ghanian assassin stolen from her village as a child who now works for a business syndicate known as The Tribe. While comfortable resorting to violence, it’s Knight’s intelligence that sets her apart. She’s always weighing all the options on her mission to topple a human trafficking ring while also avenging the death of her family. She’s a survivor. No mere blunt instrument, she believes it’s possible to bring order to a chaotic world but to literally fix the broken places as well.
--Marshal Zeringue