The Keeper by: Greg Rucka
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Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
Release date: 21st October, 1999
Media: Mass Market Paperback
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Rating: - An enjoyable read
This is an enjoyable novel. The main character Atticus Kodiak is a bodyguard with a heart and a conscience, and good support from his employees who are believable and warm. The story, which concerns protecting a doctor working in an abortion clinic does not shy away from the moral ambiguities inherent in the setting, nor does our hero manage to protect all those who deserve protection.
A likeable new hero, and one whose further investigations I will be happy to share.
Rating: - Bodyguards
Another private-eye type thriller with a difference, Keeper is a very entertaining debut novel that introduces Atticus Kodiak. Kodiak is a bodyguard, but specialises in the business, running his own company and employing his own team of professionals. It’s an interesting take on the mystery theme that strays just far enough from the pack to make it unusually interesting reading.
In his first outing, Kodiak and his employees are hired to protect a doctor who performs abortions. She is constantly harassed by protestors and the situation provides numerous difficulties for Kodiak to overcome. To top things off, she’s due to speak at a conference in a couple of days where she will be left wide open for attack. It quickly becomes clear the danger she faces is most certainly real and Kodiak is going to be stretched to the limit if he’s going to keep her safe.
This is an excellent debut that comes across as very fresh. The bodyguard angle puts a new slant on the protection caper that is usually covered by police or FBI. The characters are likable and realistic and the action rolls along at great pace.
Rating: - Just a plain old great book.
Atticus Kodiak (aside from having one of the strangest names I ever heard, even if it is a literary name) is a great character. He's not a stiff moral guy like Spenser, but he's also not a killing machine like James Bond or Jack Reacher. He's a hard man, a genuine tough guy, but killing people bothers him, especially when it's not in self-defense, or out of anger. Keeper is a very good novel, and it presents a disturbing portrait of how strongly abortion is felt within out country. I really think it's a good book, and I recommend it.
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- realistic, gut-wrenching, tight story with plenty of action
I picked up Keeper out of curiosity and was hooked from the first chapter. It read quickly, but not for lack of substance. The plot was put together well, leaving you guessing right up to the end. The characters, especially Kodiak, were not unbelievable supermen, and were susceptable to pain and anguish. Rucka's story of a young man doing an ugly job was a great one, and a great debut. It wasn't just a mystery/suspense story. It also handled an extremely sensitive issue with the professionalism of a seasoned author. I applaude him for that and rank him right up there with Robert Parker and Ross Macdonald. I am anxiously awaiting his next book, Finder, and hope for many more Atticus Kodiak novels.
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