Patriot Acts and Walking Dead are the latest two in the Atticus Kodiak series. The other ones are Keeper, Finder, Smoker, Shooting at Midnight, and Critical Space.These books are a excellent addition to the mystery field. They are very well written and the plots are tightly woven. Atticus is a bodyguard and as such runs into all sorts of unsavory characters. These are in the same line as the Robert Parker "Spenser" or the Lee Child "Reacher" books.
Atticus has a moral code and the skills to back it up. I really enjoy this series. The writing is fast paced and the characters are great. It has a lot of action which is what I look for in a mystery. The only problem I would say that I have with this series, is one I have with many mysteries, are the relationships. I don't really care for couples in mysteries but that is just me. Sometimes I just fast forward through those pages and then I am good to go.
I enjoy the mystery part, the shoot 'em up find the bad dudes and save the day stuff. Not really the "I love you, you love me, blah blah blah." But all the mysteries have that stuff in it, so I just read around it.
Greg Rucka has become quite a successful comic book writer and he has written some non Atticus Kodiak books. He also lives in Portland, one of the greatest cities EVER! It seems that quite a bit of the mystery genre has come from other countries lately. Sweden has put out some excellent mysteries as well as Japan and of course Great Britain. So it is great to see some strong mystery writers from the Northwest.
The earlier novels are in paperback and I just picked up Walking Dead in hardback, so I think that one will be a while until it is in soft cover. Which will give you ample time to read the rest of the series.
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