THE FIXER

AWest Texas Noir Thriller

TomArcher is a killer for hire, but he doesn't work for the cartel. Heworks for the ranchers.

Inthe empty expanses of West Texas, where the law moves too slow andcattle thieves move too fast, the Cattlemen's Association has a manwho solves problems that require distance, precision, and a .308rifle. For three years, Tom has been making bodies disappear intocanyons and leaving two stones stacked as his signature. Eleven killsacross three counties. Not a single charge has stuck.

WhenKeller Nash hires Tom to stop the rustlers bleeding his ranch dry, itshould be another clean job. Two kills. Message sent. Problem solved.But Nash's wife Grace sees what Tom really is—a man who solvesproblems with violence. And Grace's fifteen-year-old son Willie iswatching, learning lessons about guns and justice that Grace neverwanted him to know.

Thenthe thieves come back with ten men and five trucks. Behind them:Victor Garza, an El Paso operator with cartel connections who doesn'tforgive theft and doesn't negotiate with hired guns. Tom burnedGarza's feedlot. Cut the fuel lines on Garza's trucks. Stole backforty head of Nash's cattle. Now Garza is sending men with Suburbansand rifles to finish what Tom started.

AndTexas Ranger Joseph LeFors has been building a case for two years.Ballistics connect thirteen bodies across three counties to the samerifle. The same firing pin marks. The same two stones stacked on eachkill. LeFors knows Tom's signature. He knows Tom's pattern. AndLeFors finally has the evidence he needs.

TomArcher can't run forever. Can't kill forever. Can't keep teachingWillie that violence solves problems. But Garza won't stop until Tomis dead. The law won't stop until Tom is in Huntsville. And Gracewon't stop until Tom is off her property and out of Willie's life.

Someproblems can't be solved with bullets and stones. Some can only besurvived.

THEFIXER is ahard-boiled crime thriller in the tradition of Elmore Leonard andJohn D. MacDonald—tight prose, moral complexity, and a West Texaslandscape where justice is measured in calibers and consequences.

Forreaders who loved No Country for Old Men, Hell or High Water, andJustified.

Keywords:crime thriller, West Texas noir, contract killer, cattle rustlers,rancher justice, Texas Rangers, hired gun, moral thriller,Leonard-style crime fiction, rural crime, cartel thriller, bordernoir, professional killer, vigilante justice, West Texas crime