I read two books recently from authors I admire, and it's mostly because of the protagonists, who are good guys. Not perfect, but good. Solid. Understandable.

First is Jim Benn's Billy Boyle. Billy is an Irish cop who learns, with the help of World War II, that he isn't as lazy as he thought. One gets a sense that if Billy had stayed in the States, missed the war, he might have become a cynical, take-what-you-can-get type of cop, but war makes him look at the world differently. I think he represents a whole generation of men in that.

The other character is Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire, who crawled out of a bottle in the first book and has grown ever since. As I learn his past and see hints to his future, I like him more and more.

We see authors all the time who create a character and then are tied to him or her as the public demands more and more stories. Both writers are on book five now, and I wonder, will they stick with the good guy they've created much longer? They say it's hard to keep a good man down.

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