Four of the best (and most cynical) fixers in fiction

Matthew FitzSimmons is the author of the Wall Street Journal bestselling Gibson Vaughn series, which includes Origami Man, Debris Line, Cold Harbor, Poisonfeather, and The Short Drop, and the Constance series. Born in Illinois and raised in London, he makes his home in Washington, DC.

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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 / 2021

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.

Read about the other entries on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue