Tag: Greg Rucka
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Book review: Smoker by Greg Rucka
Smoker by Greg Rucka My rating: 4 of 5 stars “Smoker” is the third book in the Atticus Kodiak series by Greg Rucka. The author has become my favorite author in the thriller genre for his clever plots, well-rounded characters, and lack of overly gratuitous violence (although violence there is–it is the thriller genre, after…
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Book review: Finder by Greg Rucka
Finder by Greg Rucka My rating: 4 of 5 stars It always (pleasantly) surprises me when I find an author in the thriller genre who develops three dimensional and flawed characters. Greg Rucka is one of those unicorns. The main character in this series, Atticus Kodiak, is an ex-Army professional bodyguard. He suffers a tragic…
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Book review: Keeper by Greg Rucka
Keeper by Greg Rucka My rating: 4 of 5 stars I am reading the work of Greg Rucka backwards, having started with his Queen and Country series, “Alpha” (the first book in his new Jad Bell series) and now back to his initial series with Atticus Kodiak in “Keeper.” As I’ve mentioned in a previous…
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Book review: Alpha by Greg Rucka
Alpha by Greg Rucka My rating: 4 of 5 stars My current favorite thriller genre authors are Greg Rucka, Brad Thor, and Lee Child (Tom Clancy’s earlier works are also favorites). Having just finished “Alpha,” the start of Greg Rucka’s new series, I have decided that he is my favorite of the three. His Queen…
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Book review: The Last Run by Greg Rucka
Queen and Country: The Last Run by Greg Rucka My rating: 5 of 5 stars The Last Run is the final book in the Queen and Country trilogy (A Gentleman’s Game and Private Wars are the two others). The main character in the trilogy is a female secret agent, Tara Chace. In The Last Run,…