Giveaway & Book Review : David Baldacci's new Amos Decker novel The Fix

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Today on The Crime Warp we have a free copy of David Baldacci's new novel The Fix (release date April 20th) for two lucky winners.  All you have to do is :
1/ send an email to  thecrimewarpblog@yahoo.co.uk

2/ In the subject heading write the name of one of Amos Decker's sensory conditions.

3/ In the body of the text write your name and address.

The first two names selected at random at noon on April 18th will  each win a copy of The Fix (delivered direct from the publishers)
Read on for my review of this fantastic read.

David Baldacci is a prolific writer and mush as I love his John Pullar and Will Robie series, I must admit to having a particular soft spot for Amos Decker.  The Fix is Book 3 in the Decker series and it’s a cracker.

Decker Book 1
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When Walter Dabney shoots school teacher Anne Berkshire outside the FBI headquarters before turning the gun on himself, Amos Decker, who witnessed the deaths, and his team are tasked to investigate.  It’s not long before the team discover anomalies in the lives of both victim and shooter and soon the case becomes a multi- agency affair.

Decker Book 2
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What I love most about Baldacci’s writing is his 

brilliant characterisation.  It’s not just that Decker suffers from both hyperthymesia and synaesthesia, it’s the way Baldacci explores the effects of these conditions through Decker, an active investigating FBI detective and through his relationships with his team.  The fascinating subject of how

the wiring of the brain is such a delicate thing and how trauma to said wirings can affect all aspects of our personalities.  With Decker’s fascinating back story, we see him struggle to express and deal with the more ‘human’ emotions most of us take for granted.  Alongside that we see his developing relationships with his coleagues and how , despite being in his corner, they are still affected by Decker’s inability to express himself or to conform to some of the social niceties.  This warts and all approach makes Decker a very real character who gets into your heart and has you

firmly in his corner.   

As a flawed character, Amos Decker is both distant and yet tantalisingly real.  His thought processes are mesmerising and his focus laudable.  He is shrouded in sadness, yet he is very real and in The Fix, Baldacci imbues him with a very real feeling of hope.

In Decker, Baldacci has hit on a character with a unique premise that takes a typical FBI investigation to another plane. 

I would happily recommend any of Baldacci books to any crime fiction fan, but, in case you hadn’t noticed, his Amos Decker series is, for me the absolute tops!