Best-selling author Joseph Finder knows thrillers, and his list of the best heist stories is a great one. His newest book is The Fixer. It is the story of former investigative reporter Rick Hoffman who loses his job, his fiancée, and his apartment. So his only option is to move back into — and renovate — the home of his miserable youth, now empty and in decay since the stroke that put his father in a nursing home. As Rick starts to pull apart the old house, he makes an electrifying discovery — millions of dollars hidden in the walls. It’s enough money to completely transform Rick’s life — and everything he thought he knew about his father. Yet the more of his father’s hidden past that Rick brings to light, the more dangerous his present becomes. Soon, he finds himself on the run from deadly enemies desperate to keep the past buried, and only solving the mystery of his father — a man who has been unable to communicate, comprehend, or care for himself for almost 20 years — will save Rick… if he can survive long enough to do it.
Finder’s list includes a couple of books that were made into great heist movies, one of my favorite genres. Be sure to check them out, too.
