THE FIX by David Baldacci

 Finished Tu 11/21/23

This is a hardback that I borrowed from Janny. It might be my favorite novel by Baldacci. 

'THE FIX' is the third book in the Amos Decker series and there are six books in the series.

"Amos Decker is shocked when he witnesses a crime right outside FBI headquarters: a man kills a woman on a busy sidewalk, execution style, before turning the gun on himself. As Decker replays the incident in his head and looks into the case, it only gets more and more puzzling. The victim and the shooter aren't connected at all, and there's no motive. Then the Defense Intelligence Agency gets involved and Decker is ordered to stand down, but rather than step back, Decker begins working with the DIA to solve this case, which has higher stakes than anyone realizes."

CENTRAL QUESTION: Why would a man shoot and kill a woman he did not know, and then turn the gun on himself?

 Amos Decker has two superior abilities: 

1) Hyperthymesia is an ability that allows people to remember nearly every event of their life with great precision.

2) Synesthesia- the production of a sense impression relating to one sense or part of the body by stimulation of another sense or part of the body. Example: When you hear music you see colors. Alex Decker 'sees' the color blue when someone is dying. 

From Google Books:

"Amos Decker, David Baldacci's unique special agent, who suffered a head injury that resulted in giving him the gift of a remarkable memory takes on another case in The Fix. Walter Dabney is a family man. A loving husband and the father of four grown daughters , he's built a life many would be proud of. But then the unthinkable happens. Standing outside the FBI Headquarters in Washington, D C, Dabney shoots school teacher Anne Berkshire in cold blood before turning the gun on himself. One of the many witnesses is Amos Decker; a man who forgets nothing and sees what most miss. Baffled by what appears to be a seemingly senseless and random killing, Decker is thrust into the investigation to determine what drove this family man to pull the trigger. As part of an FBI special task force, Decker and the team delve into the lives of Dabney and Berkshire to find a connection that doesn't seem to exist. What they do find are secrets that stretch back a lifetime and reveal a current plot of impending destruction that will send the world reeling, placing Decker and his team squarely in the crosshairs."